Alain Briot- photography info.

Here are the links for the articles:
http://www.naturephotographers.net/articles1110/ab1110-1.html

http://www.naturephotographers.net/articles1210/ab1210-1.html

http://www.naturephotographers.net/articles0910/ab0910-1.html

http://www.naturephotographers.net/articles1010/ab1010-1.html

These articles were written by Alain Briot, he is a famous photographer and his articles gave me a good insight on how to take good photos.  In these four articles he talks about composition and what a snap shot really is.  Three of the articles were on composition, which there are a few different types of.  The photographs that were used as examples were very helpful, and made it easy to understand what all the different types of composition he was talking about looked like and how to do them properly.

The traditional rules of composition were split up into two different articles.  The first half of the article dealt with the position of objects in the photograph.  It gave rules for certain ways of setting up your picture.  Some examples of these are the S-curve, framing, and the rule of thirds.  I find it interesting that there are that many different types of placement composition.  The second part of the article had to do with light, color, and repetition.  It talked about how your light source can put an emphasis on certain things and really make the picture pop.  The colors in your picture can really enhance the image, but in some cases composing with black and white can make the picture memorable too.  The article also talked about repetition and how that can be used as an interesting composition rule.  This information really helped me to understand how to achieve different types of composition, as well as show me beautiful examples.  I liked how he said you have to fully understand the rules before you can break them.

The article labeled "fine art composition: top 15", had a lot of helpful tips as well as.  For starters the picture on the page is absolutely AMAZING, and all the tips were interesting.  I liked when he said that it is not about redoing  what someone else has already done.  It made me think about how many different things you can capture on camera and that you don't need to take a picture someone else has already taken when you can use your imagination and take a different one.  His other tips were helpful also, that is just the one that sticks out in my mind the most.

The last article i read about "what is a snapshot?" made it more clear as to what it is.  I like how it talks about all the things that make it a snapshot.  Like printing and the meaning and who your audience is.  I liked how he compared the snapshot to a machine and talked about how the machines job is not to work properly, but to recored and event or moment.  His picture of the may snowstorm is pretty cool, i like the work with the foreground and the background. 

Overall these articles really helped me to understand what makes a good photo, and how there are really no limits on what you can do with a camera.