Academic Shoot Reflection and Critique

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos following the rules I set out for you? 
While I was trying to take the photos, I had trouble going up to people and asking them for permission to get a photo. Which affected both me and my partner because I had to ask her to do it since I was to shy or didn't want to bother people from what they were already doing. I think to much of the situation so I get lost in what I have to do. But applying the rules to my photos was somewhat hard because you have to think about which photo would look best with which rule which made it challenging as well.

2. What technical aspects of photography or the assignment in general (focus, framing, holding the camera, etc.) did you find yourself thinking about the most? Provide a specific example of what you did to do this correctly.
I found myself thinking more about the framing and the focus because while I was trying to take some of the photos there was a lot of movement happening around me, so it was hard to get a photo with not to much movement so it won't ruin the photos. Which caused their to be blurry-ness in some of the photos I took. Along with it un-focusing the camera constantly because of the other students moving and running. I even re-positioned myself multiple times just so that couldn't happen while I was taking the photos.


3. If you could do the assignment again, what would you do differently now that you know some basic rules of photography?
I would first know to pick a better place to take some photos without there being to much of a busy background or people walking around me or trying to get in the photos i'm taking while i'm shooting. Mainly because when I did that the camera unfocused a lot due to that happening to me. So I ended up with blurry photos in one of the three different locations I went to. 


4. What things would you do the same?
I would do the angles and focus in the photos the same because if I did that the photos would most likely become way better then the ones a I already took with the camera. So like more appealing to the viewer or to the eye.


5. When you go out with your next set of prompts, which rule do you think will be the easiest to achieve? 
The rule of thirds because it seems easier to get the scenery at a certain point on the camera while still using the rule of thirds. It just makes the photos look much more gorgeous or unique when using it, in my opinion.


6. Which rule do you think will be the hardest to capture?
I think balance would be the hardest because most areas don't have a well balanced scenery or background and it's just more harder to wait for the perfect moment to take a well balanced photo without editing or taking a extremely long time to complete it.


7. What rule are you still not totally clear on and what can you do to figure out what that rule is?
Avoiding mergers because there is some things that could be mergers but also not at the same time. So it's hard to identify what it is in general when there taking a photo. I feel like I could figure out how the rule works if I experiment it myself instead of just looking at photos from a other person's point of view. I need to see if right in front of me and do it myself in order for me to full understand how it works or how to do it.