The Photos with Complementary Colors

This is the entry to "CEE’S COMPOSE YOURSELF PHOTO CHALLENGE: #17 Complementary / Harmonious Colors". The following photo was taken on Lunar New Year's Eve (Feb 7, 2016).  Those sanitation workers were collecting together and getting ready to sweep the streets.  I was moved by their dedication to a better appearance of my hometown while …

Two Third of Photo Frame

This is the entry to "CEE’S COMPOSE YOURSELF PHOTO CHALLENGE: WEEK #10 Using 2/3 of your photo frame". The following photo was taken along California Highway 1.  During post - adjustment, I placed the top of bridge about 2/3 of vertical height of frame, which reveal the detailed structure underneath the bridge, also bring part …

Those vertical “silky lines” in a waterfall

This is the entry to "CEE’S COMPOSE YOURSELF PHOTO CHALLENGE: WEEK #7 Vertical Lines". I have been practicing shooting waterfalls with low aperture and long exposure time in order to capture those vertical streamlines. Here are two of the photos captured last week (aperture: f14 - f16, shutter: 0.5 - 1 second, iso 100). When I …

Sunrise in late autumn

This is the entry to "CEE’S COMPOSE YOURSELF PHOTO CHALLENGE: WEEK #6 HORIZONTAL LINES AND HORIZON". I can't believe we are already in November!  At Minnesota it means that snowfall is just around corner.  There might not be so many warm sunrises left in this year. Here are couple of sunrise photos I snapped during …

Leading the Eyesight

This is the entry to “CEE’S COMPOSE YOURSELF CHALLENGE: WEEK #5 Leading Lines”. A leading line in photography, as I have understand, is to lead the viewers' sights towards an important elements in an image, or to guide viewers observe something significant along it.  The following two images illustrate these two functions of a leading line. A leading …

Beauty in Simplicity

This is the entry to “CEE’S COMPOSE YOURSELF CHALLENGE: WEEK #4 Simplicity”. My yoga instructor advised that we were living in a very complicated world so we were all trying our best to solve many complicated problems or issues, but it was the most valuable moment that we simplified our activities to touch our true selves. …

Always Take More than One Photo

This is the entry to "CEE’S COMPOSE YOURSELF CHALLENGE: WEEK #3 Always Take More than One Photo". Whenever I found anything I like, I always try to take more than one photos.  There are some reasons for this: In case one raw file get deleted by accidence; In case one photo is off - focus …

The Rule of Third / The Rule of Composing

This is the entry to "CEE’S COMPOSE YOURSELF CHALLENGE: WEEK #2 WHAT ALL GOOD COMPOSED PHOTOS HAVE IN COMMON". Personally I consider "the rule of third" as the rule of good composed photos.  There should be a main subject in any photo, and the main subject should be around the place of one - third across the entire …