20.03.2015 (Week 6)
Felicia Chong Khei Mink, (0322359)
Introduction To Photography
Exercise 4: Composition
Exercise 4a: Rule of Thirds

Lecture: 
In today's class , Mr.Vinod gave us quiz on twitter about Zone system. Then he asked us to have our discussion regarding this topic and come up with some questions. After he came back to the class and asked us what questions did we have,he proceed to brief today's topic -Composition and Rule of Thirds. Today we don't have practical practice but we asked to take some shot by today. Then, assignment was given. 

Instructions: 
Exercise 4a: Composition- Rules of Thirds
Capture three images adhering to the Rules of Thirds

• Using 1 person 
• Using 3 persons
• Using a scenery

When placing the image on the document for printing, place one image with the Rule of Thirds lines visible and another without the lines side by side (as instructed in class)

(Put to use what you've learned on the Zone System exercises here)

4a) Rules of Thirds (5%)
Marking Criteria: The student must show evidence of knowledge and ability to use the Rules of Thirds under the prescribed circumstances. Evidence of composition enhanced by cropping is acceptable in order to heighten the dynamism or intensity of the picture. Student must showcase their knowledge on exposure using the zone system.

Exercise 4

1 person 

F5.6 ,ISO 200 , S1/800

3 person

F5.6 ,ISO 200, S1/800

Scenery

F5.6 ,ISO200 , S1/500

F5.6 ,ISO200 , S1/500

Feedback: -Felica, you mentioned in your lecture outline that "Today we don't have practical practice but we asked to take some shot by today" the shots to be done by that day was your practical

Your attempt at fulfilling the challenges that were set out to test you on your ability to apply the Rule of Thirds were successful by and large. However composition like all art (the art of seeing) requires practise, so I believe if you continue to exercise this newly acquired skill you will eventually develop a good eye in composition. Good attempt!

Reflection:

Experience 

After reading the material , I actually still couldn't understand much about it. But after the discussion, basically I've knew that Rule of third is to imagine breaking an image down into thirds, horizontally and vertically. So, it becomes 9 parts. 

During the discussion, I came up with a question which is 'What is counterpoint? ' but I couldn't find the answer. Then, Mr.Vinod had told me that we can enhance the picture composition even more by creating counter point.So , I think I slightly understood what is it for. 

Besides, there's also other key words like Golden point . Golden points are the points of intersection of the lines. The photo will look nice if we place the subject matter on the Golden points.

Obeservation: 

I found it's hard to take photo using the Rule of third as I did not really know how to place a subject matter correctly. So, I took about 2 photos each and I hope it will be fine. 

Mr.Vinod said that, using the rule of thirds comes naturally to some photographers but for many of us, it takes a little time and practice for it to become second nature.I understand that the more you practice, the more you develop. 

Furthermore,the Golden points is to essential the scene a lot more. 

Findings:

I found that we don't need to maintain Golden points always as photography is not Maths.It's ok to break the rules as long as the photo looks comfortable and balanced. But we are going to maintain Golden points anyway since we just learnt it. Knowing that is just for our own good and we may need to apply it in the future. 

I also found that while doing new exercise, we shouldn't forget about those previous one as those are like the basic that we need to know and apply them when we take photos. For instance, we still need to adjust the F-stop , ISO , exposure , but at the same time we also need to think about the Zone system by not following the exposure given. I've learnt that we gonna trust our eyes more than our camera sometimes.