“Wrong” photos Unit:

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What is the purpose of rules in photography?

• To insure that photos are appealing

What are (some of) the most important rules in photography?

• Have a center point of view, something specific to draw the attention of the onlooker, so they know what to look at
• Have a subject– an item or something in the photo, can’t just be vast nothingness
• a meaning, an interpretation, a symbolism of something greater than just what you see before you
• and a reason of the image, there has to be a reason for the image, the time and place, why did you take that photo here and now? what is special that it is that photo?
• You can’t just take photos here and there, then and now, all willy nilly, there has to be something special about it that is the reason for taking that photo, it can’t just be random, there is always some kind of reasoning behind it, and that is important

When might it be a good idea to deliberately break the rules?

• When you want to rebel, or as some kind of protest against photography standards and what is considered a “good quality” photo

Do you think it is possible to break rules if you don’t know they exist? Give reasons explaining why you think this.

• I think it is possible to technically break rules you didn’t know existed, but it wouldn’t necessarily count as breaking to rules, because they wouldn’t know there are any rules to break.
• although I consider this true, I also think that most people generally, before being informed of any particular rules to follow, get a sense of what is typically expected to be a “rule”. For example, when baking, you would obviously crack the eggs before using them in the recipe, you wouldn’t just put the whole egg in. With photography I generally get an understanding of basic standards that most would guess are obvious.

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Abstract Unit:

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Describe my Initial thoughts about the unit.

Initially, I thought it would be like abstract art, where the photos stand out. Where the subject “pops” and has contrast, drawing our eyes to where we want them to look. But I found out it is more like taking photos, where the main focus in the photo isn’t meant to be very interesting and it might have a more interesting background or other aspect, in a way that makes the photo very abstract/odd or different.

 

What do you think is meant by “Abstract photography can be defined as capturing images in which the subject isn’t the most interesting element”?

I think it means that within the image, there are more interesting and attention demanding things that might be in the photo, other than the main subject in the photo. For example, the background might be more beautiful, but the camera instead might be focused on something that might be a little less appealing. Or it might just be a different style of photography that focuses on things that aren’t usually photographed, or photograph them in a less common way, such as maybe making the photo blurry on purpose to add a different effect to it.