design+principles

Areg Almardy Feb/02/2011 Balance: The object balanced by other on each side.



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 * 1) I love that the photo seems like it wasn't staged. That is was taken naturally. That they are just normal people that you and I would find on the street.
 * 2) The picture is balanced. There is the girl in between the two men, one on each side of her. Both men are jumping at the same time so the hight is also balanced in between them.
 * 3) The lighting is from street lights. There is no special light to be able to take the photograph.
 * 4) There is the texture on skin and clothing, also the rough texture of the roads, sidewalks and poles.
 * 5) The main focus is the girl in between the two men.
 * 6) The background is composed of lights, a street, cars and a building.
 * 7) The photo is about friends hanging out ad skateboarding in the middle of the city life. They seem like they are having a lot of fun and just relax on a Friday night.

Areg Almardy Feb/02/2011 Dynamic "S" Arrangement: The "S" arrangement of this road leads your eye to the back of the photo.

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 * 1) I love that the photo had color added to it and that its not just a plain road leading your eye to the back.
 * 2) The photo is balanced by the grass land on each side of the road.
 * 3) The light is very different, the photo is taken in the dark but there had been light added through photoshop so it creates allusion as of a car was moving at fast speed and a photo was taken.
 * 4) The texture of the harsh road and the soft grass around.
 * 5) The focus of the photo is the bright yellow and orange that has been added to the roads using photoshop.
 * 6) The background is the plain sky, the soft grass and we get to see a little of the city life.
 * 7) The photo is showing the "S" shape of a road with a color added to give it more pop.

Areg Almardy  Feb/04/2011   Framing: The object being framed by natural surroundings.



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 * 1) I love that he picture is focusing on the little boys eyes and how they match his hair. I also love how they blurred out the rods and really made him the focal of the photo.
 * 2) The picture is balanced by the two rods that are framing the face. Also the boy is placed right in the centre of the photo.
 * 3) The lighting is very bright. The little boys hair and eyes really pop on the boys fair skin. And make the photo really bright.
 * 4) The texture is of the boys freckles on his fair skin. Also there are the rough rods.
 * 5) The focus is on the little boys face.
 * 6) The background is plane and simple white.
 * 7) The photo is focusing on the boys face. But they are more focusing on his eyes, because they are the only ones that are really shown in the photo.

Areg Almardy Feb/04/2011 Depth: The dimension taken through an object or body of material, usually taken from several positions.

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 * 1) The picture is very rough and rugged but at the same there is the grass to tone it down.
 * 2) The picture is not balanced.
 * 3) The lighting from the sun is coming from the left side of where the photo is taken.
 * 4) There is the texture of the soft grass and the hard, sturdy feeling of the rods. Also there is the rough feeling of the screw in the middle of the rod.
 * 5) The focus of the photo is the bolt in the middle of the rod.
 * 6) The background is the blue sky and the one building at the end.
 * 7) The photo really focuses on the bold. It had the rest of the photo blurry and out of focus. Also the long grass kinda of adds a little softness to the photo.

Areg Almardy Feb/16/2011 Color space: Color that stands out in a photo. Usually very bright from the rest of its surrounding.



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 * 1) I love the hystoric aspect of the photo. With the old buildings and sidewalks. It has a very old and rustic feeling. I also enjoy the fact that they used the bike as a "pop of color".
 * 2) The picture is mostly balanced by the building on each side of the sidewalk.
 * 3) The picture is in black and white but the light seems like its going from the back of the large building in the centre of the photo.
 * 4) The texture of the old sidewalks and the buildings make it hystoric looking.
 * 5) The centre of the photo is the large clock buildings. Also the bike buts its of centre and more to the right.
 * 6) The background is the white sky.
 * 7) The photo is really about the old streets and the bright colored bike in the right hand side.

Areg Almardy Feb/21/2011 Diagonals: Having an oblique direction. Answers:
 * 1) I love the black and white color of the picture. Also the kinda on darkness and the mystery on the photo makes in exiting.
 * 2) The columns are evenly spread and they go along one side of the wall.
 * 3) The light is coming behind the big columns creating the shadow.
 * 4) The different tiles on the ground and also the sleek tiles on the modern columns.
 * 5) The main focus is on the tiles and the shadow produced from the sun. Also the people at the end of the hallway.
 * 6) The background are the people walking at the end.
 * 7) The photo very well shows the "diagonals" which is created from the the shadow. Mainly I think that is photo is about the modern structure of the building.

Areg Almardy Feb/21/2011 Triangle: photo creating triangular shapes surrounding the object



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 * 1) I love the energy and the color of the water of the photo. Also how the swimmer is very motivated.
 * 2) The swimmer is in the centre of the photo.
 * 3) The light is from above creating the reflection on to the water.
 * 4) The smoothness and the flow of the water while he is swimming.
 * 5) The main focus is the swimmer swimming.
 * 6) The background is the blue water. Which makes it a simple one colored, really focusing on the swimmer.
 * 7) The photo is about the swimmer swimming in a race and how he is determined to WIN!!