Principes and Elements of Design/Photography Project

     Creating a Photobucket account (at www.photobucket.com) was simple.  It was a fun and challenging assignment to take 14 photographs and have each represent one principle or element of design.  I visited a park and gazed around myself for forms and locations that would work for these photos.  Sometimes an object around me quickly stood out in my thinking as a good subject for a photo.  Other times I had to search and analyze more before locating what would work.  It was difficult sometimes to set my camera to a setting that would capture an image with sufficient light.  It was cloudy when I took the photos.  A few of the photos came from locations other than the park, since I had taken a few at a different location prior to visiting the park and I did not find all of the subject matter that I desired at the park.  This exercise required me to consider the principles or elements of design to ensure that I had an adequate understanding of them.  It caused me to look at my surroundings in a different way- to consider the possible meanings that could be communicated by the images I was viewing and photographing.