Competing for the Guardian

As a starter, to get me into the photography spirit, I decided to take part in the Guardian's weekly competition, of which you get given a topic and then have to send your response to the Guardian's home office. However I didn't win any of the competitions that I entered but I think that for my first experimental task, I completed it quite well as the photographs fit within each of the topics, in which show my personal style within them as well as a quirky response.

British Summer

'A close up shot of a sunflower, showing only its petals and the clouds in the sky'.

The composition of this photograph is very aesthetically pleasing, drawing your eye to the left of the photograph and then to the blue sky in the background. The brightness of the photograph makes it have that summery feeling to it.

Angles

'A spiral staircase descending from where I was standing. I thought that it was very appropriate for 'Angles'.

The photograph above is quite interesting as it draws the eyedown the stairway and is also visually appealing eventhough all of the tones are different vectors of grey.

Pairs

'I went to monkey world and thought what a great opportunity to take a 'pairs' photograph. Here is two gorillas which looks as though the picture is a mirror image.'

I like the way this photograph acts like symmetry, as though the Gorilla is looking in the mirror. The green background gives a good contrast to the blackness of the Gorilla.

Teenagers

'Two teenagers having fun at Bournemouth beach while enjoying the hot sun'.

This photograph reminds me of children and how they splash each other at the beach, but these two teenagers are just having fun and reminding themselves of their youth in the sun. I also like the compostition of the photo and how the two people within it are equally balanced. They are each the same distance from the edge of the photograph.