Frames

In the picture above, the bunk beds act as a frame to the teddy bear, who lies at the intersection of the top right frame.  To the left, there is another character in the background, who seems less important to the scene since he is farther away.

 This is a picture taken of my grandparents.  While they are in the foreground and are clearly the focus of the picture, I think the background (buildings in Chicago) is just as important.  This picture would look way different and send a different message if the background were mountains, or a lake, or a football game.

Here is another picture of my teddy bear, who is placed in the lower right frame of the shot.  In the center and everywhere else in the photo is far less interesting, but it provides context that the bear is in its comfortable home.

The teddy bear here is framed between ordinary kitchen items.  The bowl of fruit, oven mitt, counter, pot, and television (who doesn't have one of those in their kitchen nowadays?) surround the bear to place him in his own frame.

I love this shot because it shows the teddy bear has power over my dog.  This is because this low angle show makes the bear look big.  We know it is low angle because in the top third of the picture we can see the cabinets above.  The middle frame is relatively unoccupied (just the bear's big forehead), but the real action takes place at in the bottom third where both the dog's and the bear''s face are.

 This picture to me is extremely interesting.  The whole right third is lit up by lightning.  The middle third is dominated by the Sears Tower (or I guess the Willis Tower), which is sort of framed by the other buildings, and in the top left, there is yet another light (the sun).  Also, in the bottom left, there is the neon light of a restaurant.  Besides that though, the rest of the picture is very gloomy and dark.

This picture to me is interesting because a few of the lines of the 9 frames are drawn by items in the picture like the foul pole and the sign.  The sign on top is interesting to me because although it is in the foreground, it is not the most interesting thing in the picture.  It just serves as a bearing to let the viewer know that this is the perspective of a fan in the stands.

 This picture isn't from this week, but I decided to upload it because it is maybe the coolest picture I have every taken with an iPhone camera.  The person is in the top right frame.  In the foreground, there is water splashing up from the motor, informing the viewer we are on a boat, and in the back in the top third, there are trees and a house, telling us we are on a small lake.