Light photograph

In my photo, I utilized the Szarkowski element of Frame. It was a cloudy day, and I chose to photograph the "slanted" exterior windows on the second floor of the Union. While, to us, the windows appear to be perfectly straight, the angle of the natural light and slight bends and tilts of the windows reveals a "bendy" reflection of the roof above.

These "bendy" lines greatly contrast with the very straight lines of the rest of the photo. The windows and building itself lead off of the picture. That, combined with the use of nearby buildings, help define the frame. To me, it helped construct the feeling of very square, straight architecture around the viewer, yet the light from the sun (what little there was that day), found the details in each bend of the window.

When dealing with the framing, I was careful to ensure that the lines of the building were leading in the directions I intended. Though the building was leading off the picture, a series of vertical lines were sort of "intertwining" the rest of the picture. I felt that the use of these lines would help lead a viewer's eyes around the photo.

This photo didn't take too much editing at all. There were a few touch-ups to ensure the levels and contrast settings were correctly showing the scene as I saw it when I took the photo to begin with. Aside from that, little cropping or editing was needed.