Every worthwhile endeavor

It's so much easier to give up and give in when you're tired. You hit speed bumps in your road to success. People challenge your sanity. Circumstances challenge your finances. You can either walk away or continue on your path. Learn to see these obstacles for what they are: temporary obstacles. Find other solutions. Surround yourself with people who believe in your goals and will help you achieve them. Then plan on getting up tomorrow and start working toward your goals again.

This photo is ideal for a project like this because of its composition. The clear leading lines formed by the grass led your eyes through the photograph. The touch of color in the ladybug gives a single focal point on the rule of thirds, one of the best known compositional guidelines in art. The shallow depth of field renders the distant background very blurry and nondescript, perfect for a text overlay.

In Photo 1: An Introduction to the Art of Photography, the chapter on composition discusses these and more ways to improve the composition of your photographs. You can find it at http://goo.gl/Aou5IE, or click on the link to the right of this blog to become an owner of Photo 1.