Decisive Moment.

Steve McCurry

This photograph displays decisive moment because this photographer chose to take the shot as soon as the young girl looked into the lens. McCurry didn't wait until she was looking away, or past the lens, but right directly into it. This gives off so much emotion, as if you can look directly into her soul through her iris'. 

Ansel Adams

This photograph definitely displays incredible decisive moment. The couple of people to the right of the photograph mimic the tree that breaks off into two sections, just like they do. The girl who is off to herself mimics the tree breaking off into it's leaves to the side. 

Baron Wolman

This is a great display of decisive moment. The photographer, Baron Wolman snapped a photograph of Hendrix in a moment of heightened excitement. Wolman caught Hendrix at an incredible moment and that is what decisive moment is all about.

Dreams.

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Rakeem Cunningham

I have always associated dream-like photography with levitation. I always have several dreams about flying. I think this picture is very well done and very well edited. I love the use of the pillow and the position his body is in, which gives off an intense emotion.

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Joe (No last name available)

This picture gives off a dream-like quality to me. I've always dreamed about being able to breathe underwater, or just being underwater and general, so this has that feel to me. The picture isn't entirely in focus and the way the bubbles are rising gives a stronger affect to the picture. 

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Justin Leveque

Another under water shot. I love the way her body is positioned in and how her eyes are also closed. It gives off a calming feeling, and a powerful emotion, like she is really feeling something in this moment. The way the bubbles are rising from her hand is beautiful. 

Abstract.

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Claudia Kuhn.

This picture displays a wonderful sense of abstraction. The spiral leads your eye into the picture, and at first you can't really seem to make out what the image consists of. I love the composition of this piece, and how the shell is positioned for the perfect view.

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Nick Lagos.

The picture is a great display of abstract photography. The drop of liquid looks like an eye with eyelashes because of the ants gathering around it in a pattern. This makes the picture more interesting. I love the way the photographer turned something so simple into something incredibly beautiful.

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Linda E. Jones

I love this display of abstract photography. This is a close up shot of a flower, but it is made to almost look like a rose window from buildings of the Gothic age in Europe. I think this picture is absolutely beautiful and the photographer chose a great composition and focus point.

Perspective.

 

Milgaros De La Torre

This photograph is very simple, yet displays a great sense of perspective. I enjoy how the knives are shooting up at an angle from the left side of the picture. The angle of the camera for this photograph also gives off a sense of perspective, and also the depth of field that is used which is beautiful as well.

Julio Bittencourt

The pictures of the windows all placed together, and them all having the same viewpoint makes a great picture for perspective. I like how the pictures of the different windows are all from the same level, and you are directly looking at the window, and the figure in the windows. The people in the windows definitely add to the emotion the photographer was trying to portray, and i love the subtle attributes to this piece.          

    

Cindy Sherman

This picture is simplistic, but holds a dramatic quality. That all has to do with the perspective that the photograph was taken from. I love how the camera is positioned below her instead of at direct eye level to have a dramatic effect with the perspective.                 

Light and shadow.

Gregory Crewdson. 

I absolutely love the way that Gregory Crewdson displays light and shadow, especially with this photograph. I love the way he manipulates artificial lighting, and makes it look just like natural lighting, as if it was coming from the sun. The artificial light looks soft and delicate, but makes deep, rich, shadows. The way that the light and shadows are displayed in his photograph mirror the emotion he is trying to portray. 

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Alex Stoddard.

Alex Stoddard has a wonderful understanding of light and shadow. The light he uses is almost always natural lighting, and always gives off a very emotional feel to it. I love his sense of lighting, especially in this photograph because the light is filtering in from the window and giving off a very dramatic emotion. I love the way he uses light and shadow to display different aspects of human emotions, and I definitely find it to be extremely beautiful. 

Anna Szczekutowicz

Anna uses almost always natural lighting as well. She takes a lot of outdoor self portraits, and they display a very beautiful depiction of light and shadow. She uses the light and shadow to mirror different feelings to portray a message to the viewer. In this photograph I absolutely love the use of the sunset to outline her body as she's moving because the sunset is my favorite time of day and I find it incredible.