Journal Entry #1

My first roll of film for this year was shot at Monticello High School.  Most of the subjects of my photographs are things that I found interesting in the back area of the school.  My first picture I took used the rule of thirds in it.  The picture was a shot of a large crack in the sidewalk and the middle of the three part crack was put in the bottom left corner of the photograph.  I liked that picture because of the way it looks with the grainyness coming from the sidewalk concrete and the multiple rock like pieces of sidewalk in the center of the crack that draw your eyes to that specific area.  My second picture I took was the side of the building at an interesting angle.  I like that picture because of the angle at which i took the picture and how I could see some clouds in the background with making the building look too dark.  Developing these pictures, I did not feel the need to use filters, dodging, or burning.  However, I may need to do that in the future and I feel like I could make a picture look very nice using those things.