Mixed Projects at Mersea Island

We went to Mersea Island today, unfortunately I only took my compact with me but the visit has inspired me to go there again ASAP. I want to follow up on at least 3 or 4 shots here. There's a lot here and I've tried to think of many of the projects, this will also be another image sequence for Project 8 to be finished shortly.

I've tried to think of placing objects in varying positions in the fame (Project 7), the framing of the image (Project 6) and the balance of objects in the frame (Project 11, 12 and 13). I want to cover some of the later projects in a lot more detail but felt this was an OK thing to do, ultimately I will need to have all of these theories in mind to create better images in the future.

I've got to say I found the compact really nice as I didn't have to think about many settings. This made for a nice flow. It's been good to look at and see images within these waiting to be taken with a little more care and attention using my SLR and a tripod etc...

Here we go...

Project 7

Needed to get cracking! Objects in different positions in the frame.

Centered in the frame

A little off center

close to the edge

Centered

A little way off centered

Close to the edge

On the pictures of Sammy my dog I preferred the image where Sam is close to the edge. this is helped by her pose i think, looking in to the center of the image.

Again for the National Trust picture I preferred the object to be to the edge...

I found this a nice thing to try as I shoot. there 3 options that all have their own merits. Some will work better for different applications. I suppose as a graphic designer I like the space both of these preferred shots have created, perfect for some text!