Breaking the Rules

This photo above breaks the rules because of what the main focus is suppose to be. It also breaks the rule of having balance because all the attention is focused on the right side of the photo where the frog and the hands are while the other side of the photo has nothing. In this photo I was meant to take a picture of the frog because everyone was getting excited over it and wanting to hold the little frog because it was so tiny and cute. Instead of taking a photo of the frog and making him/her the main focus, i decided to make the hands in focus. I felt like it was a much better photo because it captures the excitement in the children that wanted to hold the frog. You see all those hands reaching to grab the frog while the frog is just there, like a little toy that everyone can play with and throw around. By making the focal point the hands, you get a feel of how much these children wanted to hold the frog and it kind of looks like they are fighting for it. I actually really really really like this photo and i'm glad that I took it this way because I think that if i had made the frog in focus that it wouldn't be as good as it is now and it would look too ordinary.

This photo breaks the rules because it breaks the rule of thirds. This photo is completely centered in the middle of the photo and the photo also sort of clashes with the girl that is in the background of the photo. I really like this photo because the burning marshmallow is completely in focus while everything else is not. I also really like how it's dark out and you can see that it is dark outside because of the background but the marshmallow almost looks like it was taken in daylight and I think it's cool because it almost looks like the marshmallow on a stick just came out of nowhere. It kind of looks photo-shopped but really kinda cool at the same time.