Assignment 3: Focal Point

                                                 
Focal point is the exact point that the photographer makes you look at by adding the maximum sharpness to the photo making it stand out.
On this photo the focal point is the girl and her dolls, quite obviously. Vee Speers has taken this photo with no background to truly maximise the effect the girl and her scary dolls has on you. The focal point has been made a lot sharper and clearer by almost separating her from her background. The rule of thirds is used here and as she is in the center of the image it is what you immediately look at. The girls contrast in colour beings attention to her figure and appearance.

For help when trying to take better photos with focal point I used http://digital-photography-school.com/using-focal-points-in-photography 

The photographer is Vee Speers and this was taken recently with a dslr camera. She uses a white backdrop to make the image sharper and to make the girls body hair and the actual whole finished image.  A lot of Speers' work is like this, very plain and at the same time very detailed when you look closer. She uses a lot of simple colours such as black white and grey and then further detailed colours such as dark reds, browns and blues. In this image Speers has also matched the dolls with the other colours used such as the greys and the blacks.