Just Fifteen Minutes

My In Focus Learning Center teacher, Rod Deutschmann, advises that in order to improve and learn, we should practice our photography at least fifteen minutes a day.

Here are the results of my fifteen minutes for today. 

Just One Flash

Took the following series of pictures a few nights ago in our front yard as the sun was setting.  All I used was one flash and a polarizer.  The flash was off-camera mounted on a flash stick and attached to my camera with a sync cord.  Basic stuff resulting in some awesome shots!!! 

In Focus II - Composition: Class #3 Photographs

Blocking

With equal size cap and anchor

Without an anchor and breaking the fourth wall (she is looking at the camera)

With an anchor and no cap

The color red is dominate over the #35 (big vs. small)

 

In black and white, the #35 becomes dominate

In Focus II - Week #2 Homework Assignments

Colors and Tones

Exercise 1 - Red

Exercise 2 - Red and Blue

Exercise 3 - Color Gradient

Exercise 4 - Black Dominance

Exercise 5 - White Dominance

Exercise 6 - Tonal Gradient

Color Schemes

Exercise 1 - Pale Colors

Exercise 2 - Dark Colors

Exercise 3 - Subdued Colors

Exercise 4 - Cold/Cool Colors

Exercise 5 - Strong Colors

Exercise 6 - Ethnic

Of Tones, Colors, Shapes and Weight

Exercise 1 - Pale vs. Dark

Exercise 2 - White vs. Black

Exercise 3 - Red vs. Everything

Exercise 4 - Conflicting Shapes

Exercise 5 - Big vs. Small

Exercise 6 - Odd Man Out

In Focus II - Blocking

In class assignment - photographs displaying "blocking"