Building

This picture is a good photo since the window is reflecting the lunch area. These kinds of pictures that reflect the other side is often visually striking, but since I am not a pro, it is not perfect, but this is the best picture of symmetry I could take. This picture shows that the image reflected on the window is very cool and nice and calm. This makes people want to go sit down on the seats and relax.

White, fluffy clouds are one of the best accompaniments to photographs of buildings, especially with this mosque. The clouds are partially, but not fully, obscuring the sun for lighting that is neither too harsh, nor too flat. This picture makes the mosque appear to lean forwards because the camera pointed upwards. Additionally, the tower looks as though it’s reaching for the cloud. It looks as thought it will go through the clouds in any time. This is also just before the sun peeps out: you can see that the edge of the clouds are bright, so this gives the feeling of anxiety.

Composition

This is a good picture because you can create a sense of direction using naturally occurring lines. This picture leads the eye through the small stairway to the building on the back. Also, This fits the rule of thirds since the line where the sky and the land meets is about 2/3 of the whole picture vertically. I put the horizon on the top to add emphasis on the ground respectively.

This is a good picture because the window sill in the picture leads the eye outward into the land outside. I took the picture with the sun covered by the rock walls, so I could get the pictures clearly and with detail. Even though this is the middle of the day, the colors are well taken. The window sill has lines that make the person focus on it. And again, this fits the rule of third since the window sill comes about 1/3 and the sky comes about 2/3 in the picture, so it is pleasing to the eye.

Landscape

In this picture, I used the natural features for framing. I tried more interesting point of view to shoot from. It is a different perspective down from the ground and looking up. It is like a point of view from an insect or a bug’s eye. You can feel as though you got smaller and the flower in front of you is a giant mutated plant. The foreground in this picture is the flower, which leads the eye toward the tall tree. I put the tree not in the middle but toward the edge to make a better ‘dramatic’ effect. Addition to that, I tried avoiding space to give blank feelings in the background.

I used the technique of using a lot of skies in the background. I placed the horizontal line near the bottom of the shots to add emphasis to the ground or to the sky respectively. I also zoomed out to get the picture of the sky and the kids playing basketball, which keeps everything in focus while helping to maximize the 'depth of field', or feeling of depth in your shots. The sky is filled with drama and interesting cloud formations. This picture would make a person feel open and cool and feel as thought a breeze had gone through their mind. It clears the mind.

People

This is a good picture because it gives a sense of scale between the trees and the buildings. You can notice that the building is way taller than the trees, so you can say that the building is very big. The bright glow of the cross on top of the building and the two bells can give context that this is a catholic church. The bright cross on the top gets the attention of the people, making the church seem holy and sacred. The great arches of the door make the church magnificent and big.

In this picture, it shows clearly the sense of scale by comparing the size of the man to the buildings behind him. The person far away from the camera appears smaller, so his presence gives a sense of depth in the picture. Including the person in the picture helps to humanize and give context to the location by showing who uses the space. I included the person in there to show the plain life of Jordan. The presence of cars and other machinery, materials and goods provide information and create a counterpoint to pictures of buildings.

Color

This picture is a meadow with sheep. This picture uses shades of the same colors, which creates a sense of harmony. The picture green in this picture makes the people looking at it peaceful and calm. Bright sunlight gives the colors a more intense or 'saturated' feeling. This picture makes the person looking at it want to close their eyes and just think about when they were young, which brings a smile on our face.

The red color creates a warm feeling for this shot more than blues or greens. But since there is already a green, it make much more warmer feeling and the contrasting color of red and green is giving tension or drama. Moreover, the bright sunlight shining on the white walls of the house gives colors a more intense or 'saturated' feel like the picture before.

Light

This is a good picture because the sun is slowly rising up and is showing a very dark silhouette of a car nearby. The bright glow is mesmerizing and even makes the person looking at the picture difficult to look at it. The bright glow is making wonderful yellow and orange color. The natural shadows give depth and form to the subject. This picture might give hopes and dreams to people in some way.

Like the other picture, the sunset is showing a dark silhouette of the buildings. Even though the sun is behind the building, it is making the sky glow yellow and orange, so it is a beautiful background. The camera is not pointing directly at the sun, which I did well as the BBC site has said. I didn’t use the flash on purpose in case the dramatic effect would disappear. This picture seems so sad to me, especially the crane in the back.

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