Composing my frame

I took this photo shortly before sunset, when the sun was shining straight through the west windows of the Holland Building's front lobby. There are several measures I took to compose this frame, including mixing human and architectural elements. I followed the rule of thirds when taking this shot, placing the students' heads on the lower vertical third. I took the photo when there was more room in front of them to symbolize movement. The other "rule of third" lines are literally represented by the edges of the walls, the stone column, and the line on the ceiling.

There are also lines along the z-axis on the floor and walls leading into the middle of the photo, which is the light source. The sharp sunlight in the background provides a backdrop for the photo and makes the students, which is the focal point, stand out more.

Axioms of Web design

The VICE News website is a very well-designed website that makes navigation easy for visitors. It is one of the best designed news websites that I have seen. To start it off, the header at the top of the page is very clean with just a simple logo, the different topics to click on, a search option and places to find VICE News on social media. The header is simple and doesn't distract from the rest of the website.

One of the axioms of web design is a strong grid system. VICE News' website homepage is nothing but a grid, with a larger featured story at the top and more stories below. Every story features a picture, a headline, and a short summary. All of these elements working in a grid makes it very user friendly and easy to find what you're interested in.

As you continue to scroll down on the homepage, there are even more stories featured with larger pictures. It is very clean and feels almost like social media as you scroll down looking at all the stories. It's very easy to use for a first-time user and engaging as you scroll down the homepage looking at all the stories, which is another axiom of great web design. There are more pictures than text on the VICE News homepage. And as you continue scrolling, you realize there is no bottom to the homepage. You can keep scrolling through stories for hours.

The website also translates very well for mobile devices, which is an important axiom of good web design. It doesn't just Here is an example of a screenshot from vicenews.com on an iPhone: 

One of the reasons I like VICE News is because it often covers stories that aren't on other news sites and finds different angles to look at news stories that you can't find anywhere else. VICE News' website is unique when it comes to typical news websites. VICE News' unique way at looking at the news and the world is reflected with their engaging website.