• For the first picture in this collection, I aimed to display a confusing visual effect for my audience. In order to do this, I decided to break the following photography rules: emphasis, composition, and sharpness. Because the camera is placed really close to the flower, the flower petals take up the majority of the picture.  This over-emphasis of the flower breaks the balance of the composition: the image looks off-balance as too little space is left for other items to be shown in the image. Also, the flower is out of focus; the photo is soft: being the main focus of the picture, the flower is blurry, leading to the loss of many details and clarity of this image.

  • In the second image, I wanted to achieve the same visual effect, or even worse, than the first image. To achieve this, I went on breaking the rules of sharpness, composition, and intention. Again, like the first image, the photo is not considered sharp, and words are clearly out of focus and not readable. Moreover, there is no severe consideration behind the composition of the image; the camera is placed close to a random sign in the school, which means that there is no deep intention to the image too.

  • In the third photograph, I wanted to try something new, breaking some new rules, such as a steady camera and color balance. This picture is taken outside the design center where the lanterns hang. As I was taking the picture, I shook my phone so that the resulting image was blurred due to the deliberate shake, which broke the rule of a steady camera, as well as confused and dazzled the audience. Secondly, there are three places in this photo that contain the color red. If the lanterns are the only ‘red,’ warm color in the image, this image will have a clear focus and color contrast. Nevertheless, because there are two more places with red, it takes away the uniqueness of the lanterns.

  • For this image,  I tried to aim for a meaningless and weirdly positioned image. To do this, I lifted the camera to a high position so that the image came out at an angle of depression and slightly off-center. Because of the choice of composition, there is no focus in this work: the statue’s head, hand, and leg seem to have the same amount of emphasis. Furthermore, there is no color balance. The overall color of the image is dim, with no main bright color section to bring the ‘balance of color’ the image needs.

  • For the fifth picture in this collection, I wanted to play with the lighting. Without altering the exposure, I pointed the camera directly to the ceiling light. This makes one side of the image really bright but with no super dim area to contrast it and make it pop out. Additionally, I also tried to break the color balance: if the photo only captures the red ceiling, leaving out the white block area, the light will have a more substantial visual impact because it is the only cold, bright color in the image.

  • In this photo, I aimed to take a picture from a weird perspective. This image shows a plant from the design center. It breaks the rules of color balance, sharpness, and intention. Firstly, the majority of the image is the plant’s leaves, which makes the majority or all of the photo green. The lack of dimmer or other colors makes this work flat and dull to observe. Also, the leaves are out of focus, lacking tons of details as if it is blocking the view. Finally, there is no specific meaning behind this photo to make it unique in any way.

  • This is a photo of Hanna. Unlike the former work, I aimed to break some new rules. This photo does not follow the Rule of the Thrids, which talks about splitting the image into three sections and putting the most essential object in the first section. Because of this, Hanna, the person I want, I hope to emphasize, does not have the attention it deserves. In addition, the lighting of this image is also wrong. The light exposure is too high and, thus, too bright to look at.

  • Likewise to the above image, I aimed to break the Rule of Thrids and lighting. The statue is in the center of the image instead of the far right or the far left side of the picture. As a result, the statue does not get the attention it should be getting as the main object in this work; therefore, the focus of this photo is unclear. Another rule in this image is lighting: the light exposure is pulled to the lowest, making the image hard to look at and creepy (not the intended feeling).

  • In this image, I wanted to capture something I always do when I am taking pictures: the reflection on the glass display box, which is caused by lousy lighting- ceiling light. Moreover, the reflection blocks the two Long Longs I try to capture, which also breaks the Rule of Thirds. Amongst the cold blue colors, several yellow stickers lay. If there is only one yellow sticker, it would bring emphasis to the photo and make the focus more straightforward.

  • For the last image, I aimed to create a vague and hard-to-recognize image. In order to do this, I pull the exposure to the lowest; the whole image is dark, and only the white cup is visible. On top of the horrible lighting, the image can be considered soft: because I zoom in too much, the lens is not sharp; therefore, the shape of the cup is furry and not in the clearest state..