Britny's Still Photographs

I know that we were only required to find two photos that we liked or didn't like for specific reasons, but because I found one in a sports story and I wasn't sure if that counted, I went ahead and looked up three different examples.

First is this photo of Texas Rangers third baseman Michael Young from an article in the Dallas Morning News (source: Dallas Morning News). 

I liked this photo for several reasons. First, it clearly follows the rule of thirds. Second, I enjoy the technique the photographer used of keeping the background - the celebrating Oakland A's - blurred and focusing on Young and the restrained emotion on his face.

Next is this photo from a story about veteran overdoses done by the Statesman (source: Austin American Statesman). This photo is focusing on the memorial for Chance Cody Hausinger, and it also caught my eye for several reasons. The lighting is very nice, for one thing, and the angle is an interesting change from just shooting the wall from directly in front of it. By shooting from below, the photo is given more depth and also, in my opinion, a metaphor is created - that of the deceased's souls moving upward, "toward the heavens," and so on.

Finally, there is this photo of the weeping widow of Chad Mitchell, another veteran, from the same Statesman story (source: Austin American Statesman). I chose this photo for different reasons than the two previous. With the last two photos, I was looking for a combination of good techniques and interesting angles culminating in a pleasing photo. But with this photograph, though those things are present in part, the main impact comes from the overwhelming emotion of the woman. That alone makes this a good photo.