Elements of Photography

     In class we have just begun talking about the different elements of photography. When taking a picture you should remember each of these different elements. They will help your picture look a lot better, and when using these elements you can enhance the object and it will stand out more. When you are taking your pictures remember to use simplicity, lines, the rules of thirds, balance, framing and avoiding merges. The rule of thirds is when you have the main parts of your pictures at different intersection points. Avoiding mergers is when you need to make sure there is nothing in the background of your image that is intruding with the main item of your picture. 

     In this picture of my dog I am using the element lines. Lines is when you take a picture diagonally and it gives it more emphasis rather than taking it straight on. The diagonal lines in the background give the picture more meaning.

     Then the picture of the basketball it is using the element simplicity. Simplicity is when there is nothing else in the picture but the main object. In the picture there is nothing else to distract from the main object.

     Then this next picture of my dog, I am using the framing element. My dog in this picture is being framed by the window. She always lies up in our window and looks out into the neighborhood. Framing helps your picture not look as plain, and it adds effect to the main image. 

Views On Piracy

     During the past few classes we have been creating our own podcast to demonstrate our understanding of what piracy and copyright laws are. Our group acted like we were a radio show and we had three different special guests on our show. We had country music stars Carrie Underwood and Scotty McCreery, and then we also found a lady who got in trouble for stealing someone’s music illegally. When we were creating our podcast we were making sure that we did not take anything from the computer illegally. We did not take anyone’s work that was created previously. We did use Picnik to edit our picture, but it was our picture so there was nothing wrong with it.

     Have you ever wondered if downloading music was wrong? Well, here is your answer; downloading music is not wrong if you buy it or if you get permission from the artist who created the music. However, if you do not get permission or buy it, then it is wrong, because you are taking money from the artist that they have earned. Have you heard of copyright laws? If then, you know why they exist and why we should follow them. I think that people should follow the laws because, if you think about it, we are taking money away from the people who produced the music. If we start paying more for the music and not just downloading it the artists would make more money to possibly produce new music. I think that piracy is so prevalent in our society today because people do not know how big the consequences are if they are caught and what we are really doing when we take music from an artist.

     I don’t think people have thought about how they would feel if they made something and people took it without permission. I am sure that many people would not like this done to them and I know if I were the artist I would not like it. I know that I would be upset because we put a lot of time in making our podcast and tried really hard to make it unique. After making our podcast I now understand how the music artists feel when people take and “steal” their music.