Composition (week two)

  In our first session with Zoe, we were first provided with an assortment of images, predominantly filled with unused spaces; for example: sky, water, screens, walls etc. . We were then instructed, through Photoshop, to arrange / crop these images as well as those we found on the internet in order to create, preferably CD covers / sleeves, book covers and other images displayed through the

Women Composition: Overall, I feel that this design is very pleasing to the eye due to the significant contrast of light and dark, sweeping from right to left; furthermore I like the effect I was able to make through using the blur / sponge tool to smudge the background however leaving the women and the umbrella as it creates more depth to the image. On the other hand, in order to improve I could have used white to enhance the chinese symbol on the left (meaning "love") to help: it stand out against the dark backdrop and balance the use of bright colour on each side of the picture.

"The Divers" CD cover: In this image I first attempted to take advantage of the "rule of thirds" by firstly, cropping the orignal image to ensure that the diver became the main emphasis in the top right third (as those the beam of light created at the surface of the water which sort of frames him / her).

media, which usually take advantage of the "power of thirds" which was also explained at the beginning of the session (as well as balance of colour to, in most cases, make a design more asthetically pleasing to the viewer).

 The "power of thirds" refers to an image, that when divided horizontally and / or vertically into thirds, displays by use of imagery, a particular emphasis on one of these thirds (whether this be the third in the very center of the picture, or perhaps more commonly in those offset).