Year in Photos

Year in Photos

AP

1. Headshot/Photojournalism

2. Fill the Frame (only her face without much room for background)

Balance (photo is mostly symmetric)

3. The sun, probably obscured with clouds, was the light source. The lighting was entirely natural. The photographer used the softer light to give the photo more mood.

4. The photography would have to get very close to the girl in order to fill the frame and get the amount of detail in the photo that was needed.

Time Magazine

1. Landscape/Photojournalism

2. Circular Composition (created by the eruption)

3. The lighting was completely natural, caused by the sun. The photographer had to find the right angle to make the photo look good, though moving closer or around the volcano would've been extremely dangerous.

4. The photographer had to take the photo in the spur of the moment, most likely before running. 

National Geographic

1. Portrait/Black and White

2. Perspective (lower on the ground to add more depth), Depth of Field (children and houses blurred)
3. The lighting was both natural and artificial. There was the sun as natural light, but there was also a softer light, maybe a lamp or a flash, to light the front of the photo.
The photographer probably had to crouch to get the perspective shown in the photo. The photographer may have also need an off-flash.

Reuters

1. Portrait
2. Balance (asymmetry caused by the tilt of the camera), Depth of Field (burning in the background blurred).
3. The lighting was natural, using daylight to give the photo the feeling that it has.
4. The photographer would have had to tilt the camera in order to get the angle that they got.

Buzzfeed

1. Motion/Portrait
2. Light as the subject (lights on the throne), Circular composition (shape of the throne).
3. The lighting is artificial, using the lights on the stage and on the throne for the light source.
4. The photographer was probably near the front of the concert that this took place at, maybe even front row.

Twisted Sifter

1. Landscape/Black and White
2. Balance (symmetry), Leading Lines (road)
3. The lighting may be natural, but my first guess is artificial, with the way that it's coming from the trees. The subject may be holding the light source.
4. The photographer had to stand really far away from the subject in order to get this perspective. Extensive editing may have also been needed.

Getty Images
1. Portrait/Sports
2. Depth of Field (audience blurred out)
3. The lighting is artificial, using stadium lights to light the subject.
4. The cameraman may work for the people that set the event up in order to get the angle that they had.