Portrait

                            

Depth of Field:

In this photo the depth of field is very deep.  I think that if the depth of field may have been shorter it could have made the background less distracting.  Although now that it is like that there is nothing you can do about it.  Since the playground equipment is a dark brown it does make the two girls in the bright red stick out more.  With the deep depth of field it incorporates leading lines.  

Exposure:

The exposure of the image is good, although I do think its a little bright.  In the picture I shot with an aperture of f/8 and a shutter speed of 1/250 if i would have maybe opened the aperture to f/4.5 and moved the shutter speed to 1/300 then this image would have has a shorter depth of field.  This may have also darkened the picture slightly, making this a better exposure and overall picture.  

Lighting:

In this photo there was natural diffused light from the clouds.  In this picture it was coming from above and the upper right corner of the picture, because it is a tilted picture.  One of the down sides to that is less shadows, but it is easier to take pictures because there isn't such a bright direct light.  Something that helped the lighting look a little brighter by not slowing down the shutter speed was an ISO of 200.  This helped lighten the picture wile at the same time not allowing too much digital noise!

Lines:

In this photo I see many lines, not just lines made by shapes but balance lines too.  One balance line I see is the difference between the one subject wearing the white bottoms and the lighter red top and the other subject wearing the dark red jeans but there is less of them showing I feel that this helps balance.  Another line of balance I see is the balance between the dark wood and the light wood chips spread throughout.  An actual rule of lines I see being used, is rule of thirds, i see the subjects on 2/3 of the picture and the wood chip wood balance on the other half.  

Colors:

In this photo I didn't do much editing so this is a realistic color scheme. One reason I used the realistic color scheme was to make the picture look more like the subjects dont see the camera.  Also the picture could happen with out the camera even being there.    Something I set up was the use of one subject wearing the red pants and the white top and the other wearing a red top and white pants. I feel this created a scence of  balance. 

Composition:

In this picture rule of thirds was used.  I see this rule in play because the subjects are on the lower 2/3 of the picture, they take up 2/3 vertically and horizontally.  THe other rule I see is the leading lines.  The lines of the structure lead into the subjects faces.  I think that it leads more because of the multiple rungs on each play exhibit.      

Panoramic

Depth of field:

In this photo the depth of field is very deep.  When I originally focused I chose to focus on the water in the background.  I kept the focus the same throughout the 4 images.  I had some problems with the water in the background because the waves were constantly changing.  

Exposure:

When I was taking the pictures it was very cloudy out which made the lighting darker.  This became a problem when some of the waves started to get blurry.  Something that helped to overcome this problem was to make the aperture greater and speed up the shutter speed just a little bit.  The wast problem i had with the trees was them becoming too light which gave them more detail.  

Lighting:

This picture was taken outside.  The lighting was diffused from above and a little bit from the side.  It was better that it was diffused because I didn't get the light spots from the reflection off the water.  Something that would have added would be less detail in the foreground, by making it darker.  

Lines:

This picture has many lines.  They are too distracting, because it takes away from what i was really trying to focus on.  But at the same time I like the repetition of the trees.  Along with the repetition in the waves of the water.  One thing I like about the repetition of the thin branches and the thick trees.  

Composition:

In this picture there is a small bit of rile of thirds.  I see this rule with the thicker trees.  Something I dont like about the composition is how long the icture is compaired to how tall it is.  I think that if I didn't have to crop the picture as much would be a pit of the golden mean, with the trees.  

Color:

This picture has a realistic color scheme.  THe colors that are in this image are gray and brown.  I think this is part of the reason this becomes so boring.  The background is more gray and the trees are brown. Although I do think this adds a little is by creating a black and white picture, without being black and white.