10 rule breaking photos

In this photo, I broke the rule of focusing the camera, which made jayden’s expression very blurry, also the background. I chose to do this, because I think it is some kind of abstract art after all.
In this photo, I broke the rule of putting the main object in the center. It gives people a very weird and uncomfortable feeling when this picture is seen, because even though people know who/what is my focused object, the positioning is on the top 1/3, which makes us feel very weird. I chose this simply because it is actually very easy to be broken without noticing, while giving you an enormous amount of unpleasantness.
In this photo, I broke the rule of exposure, which makes over half of the photo completely white. I chose this because it gives us a very weird visual feeling when the photo is shown.
In this photo, I broke the rule of making an angle. It makes the whole photo tilted. I chose this because it is simple and common.
In this photo, I broke the rule of making an angle, and it creates some lines in the photo. I chose to do this because it makes me feel like this photo was taken in an accident
In this photo, I broke the rule of focusing. It is not focused, and it is not that unfocused, which makes people think, what a bad photographer. I chose this because it is easy to be done with and it is very interesting.
In this photo, I broke the rule of positioning. I did not position my main object right in the middle of the picture in an extreme closeup, which made people feel very uncomfortable. I chose this because it is easy to be done with while giving out great effects
In this photo, I broke the rule of positioning. My main object is supposed to be Jayden’s back view, but what I did was not just putting his head out of the picture, I also tilted the camera downwards, and left some space under his shoes, and positioned him on the right 2/3 of the photo. I chose this because it makes people feel like this is a frame in a video.
I broke the rule of timing, I captured the photo right when matthew were closing his eyes, making people feel like this a photo again taken by accident or for fun. I chose this because this actually happens during our lives.

Context in Photography

Context in Photography is very important, and its the most important thing when a picture is taken because of a reason that’s not very common in photography.

For this picture, without the context that the author is actually trying to take a picture that breaks the photography rules, when we examine the picture, it will at least make me think, the person who took this picture is definitely an amateur in photography, or just a bad photographer.

But, with the context,  I now know that this picture is actually taken by a master photographer, and he intended to take a picture like this that breaks lots of photography rules. To conclude, context is very important in photography.

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