Composing My Frame

Because this picture has so many different shapes and lines in it, and isn't the most jaw dropping photo of all time, I'm going to break it down. What you are looking at in this picture is one of the many views you can get from being on the second floor of the Holland building at Dixie State University. In this photo, the Rule of Thirds is applied in showing the two most important parts of the picture, number one being the person closest to the bottom wearing shorts and a tan jacket and number two, directly above him near the top is the last bit of the stairs that creates the thought of " I wonder where that leads too?" At the same time this concept is using both diagonal lines, and vectors. The diagonal lines create a z axis in the railings going down and the strong floating stairway going up to help your eyes follow through the picture, eventually all leading back to the walking man. The man creates a sense of movement or motion, other wise known as the motion vector. This will continue to lead your eye through the photo. In this given photo, his motion jumps to the railing, and moves up toward the camera, from there it can continue straight up to the diagonal stairs line, or over to the windows and up the prominent beam.