Photography- Naming the techniques

Leading lines

I believe this photo comes closet to the photography technique 'Leading lines' as the two trams and the crowed of people both work as lines heading towards a certain part of the image. The only thing that's missing from this image is the main focus where the lines will be leading to. Typically, a leading lines photo will have a certain part of the picture acting out as lines, to draw the persons attention to the background of the picture where the main aspect is.

Shallow focus

I reckon this photo could pass off as a shallow focus due to the background looking blurry. The blurriness of the background puts the most interesting part of the picture in focus, making it a shallow focus. I believe the point of this effect is to bring the persons attention to the most important part of the image. This could work well when trying to advertise a product.

Crop

This is an example of a cropped image. It works as a substitute for zooming into an image, as zooming can cause the photo too look blurry, cropping allows the photographer to 'crop out' the unnecessary parts of the photo as well as keeping it at a good quality instead of blurry. This is done after the photo has been taken. The image is then placed on Photoshop, and with the crop tool, cropping the image to the part the photographer wants. 

Balance of elements

I picked this photo to represent balance of elements as it shows the three people close to the camera, yet the background makes up the majority of the photo, showing the balance of elements.

Deep focus

Deep focus is where one part of the image is clear, but the entire background is blurred. Like shallow focus, i think this is to show people the most relevant part of the photo, unlike this photo, which is best i could find to fit the description of a deep focus. The deep focus effect on this photo is used to make the image look more attracting in my opinion.

Rule of Thirds

This photo is a good example of the rule of thirds technique, as it clearly shows the main aspect to the side, which is the lady in this case. This technique is used to make the image look more interesting and pleasing to the eye. The use of lines that appear when taking the photo make this technique possible, by setting out guidelines so the photographer knows where to put the most relevant part of the picture.  

Symmetry and Pattern 

I chose this image as it almost fits in with the symmetry and pattern category. If the turtles were the same colour and in a line, it would show symmetry, as if you cut the image in half, both sides would match up perfectly. It could also possibly fit in with pattern, as the turtles shell pattern is the same on all of the turtles.   

Background (out of focus)

This is the closet image i could find to fit the background out of focus photography. This is where the entirety of the background is out of focus and blurry. It can occasionally have something that is in focus close to the camera. As for example, the image above shows the background out of focus yet the girl close to the camera lense is in full focus.