Maya MacLachlan

"Legacy. What is a legacy? It's planting seeds in a garden you never get to see." – Alexander Hamilton

Best 胡同 Shots

Themes:

  • people in everyday life
  • observing movement

* For before and afters, before is first

 

  • foreground/background
  • framing
  • low lighting
  • simple composition
  • rule of thirds – head is on the intersection
  • reflections
  • a view to a journey – peering in

 

2.

  • facial expressions
  • head-on shot
  • rule of thirds – third through body
  • contrast – red, green
  • cropped
  • light and shadows

 

3.

  • light and shadows
  • high contrast
  • harsh lighting
  • rule of thirds
  • negative space
  • living best life – sleeping in the sun

 

4.

  • negative space
  • rule of thirds – people on the third line
  • contrast
  • rule of space
  • light and shadows
  • princess treatment with family and happy

 

5.

  • high contrast
  • facial expressions
  • hands in focus
  • foreground/background
  • head-on shot
  • holding back food – timid or scared

 

6.

  • movement of water – high/fast shutter speed
  • contrasting colours
  • reflections
  • light and shadows
  • high angle
  • greed and hunger

 

7.

  • facial expressions
  • motion
  • hands in action
  • foreground/background
  • low/head-on shot
  • intent view of his cards – viewer is unaware

 

8.

  • framing
  • reflections
  • contrast
  • people in everyday life
  • foreground/background
  • focus on subject
  • peering into a fisher’s handiwork

 

9.

  • movement of water
  • motion
  • rule of thirds – body on the third line
  • lighting
  • reflections
  • water distortion
  • high-angle shot

 

10.

  • high-angle shot
  • reflections
  • contrast
  • centered subject
  • lighting
  • irony in cold swimming

 

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