Framing

Man-Made:

 This photo works because the latches on the crate move in opposite directions and make a frame so the focal point is the actual crate.

This photo works because the railing is to the side of the picture, blocking off part of the background, so the bench and trees are the focal point.


Natural:

 In this photo, the tree branches both move in a diagonal direction to frame the bench and bushes in the background. If they weren't there, the background would probably be a little distracting and the viewer wouldn't know where the focal point is.

The tree trunk blocks off what would have been in the the left side of the photo. This makes the person looking at the photo notice the extending tree branch that is diagonal.


Architectural:

 This is a photo of the ticket window at the theatre. It works because the semi-circle frames the photo and makes the viewer focus on the brown and blue counter.

The walls frame the door and stairs. The shadows created from the walls make the image look eerie and this is why the walls work as a frame.



Biggest Challenge: The biggest challenge was finding things that frame a subject. I found good things to take pictures of, but I didn't know how to frame them. I overcame this by taking pictures with different angles of the same thing, so one or more of them might have a frame in them. I also looked for shapes, because frames can appear in all kinds of different shapes.