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I was very happy when I found out I will have a photography assignment because that's one of my favorite hobbies. I have a three year old so I take pictures constantly. I have over 140,000 pictures on my computer. Our family travels a lot so we take pictures all the time. I carry my camera with me all the time and my friends call me paparazzi.
However, when I was finished all the required class readings and watched the video about taking compelling pictures, I gained totally different perspective of taking pictures. I never knew about the 2/3rds rule or framing or that every picture should have narration and story behind it.
I started thinking of different ideas where to take my pictures and what story I will tell with my pictures. It was very hard to come up with a good idea. I work on MSU Campus and I thought I could take a walk and take pictures of Red Cedar River or some famous buildings. I am working on preparing a welcome handbook for MSU's international faculty and staff and I thought I would include one of my compelling photos on the cover book. I captured some nice shots of Beaumont Tower but it did not feel like it had a story behind it. On the way back to work I took some pictures of ducks in the Red Cedar River but they were not as compelling either.
Today I stayed home with my sick son and I thought that I could take some pictures of the woods which is right in my backyard. Then I noticed a pile of woods stacked up in my neighbor's yard and so I took some pictures. They were not neatly stacked up and I thought with some editing I can make it a pretty compelling picture.
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