focal point- annie leibovitz

focal point is basically just what you, as the viewer sees first. if you have a bad focal point the viewer often see other things first and maybe even struggle to see the main focus of the photograph.
 this is a example of bad focal point, Robert Pattinson is the main focus of the image, well should be, i personally struggle to see him. i now know where he is but when i first looked at the photography the first thing i noticed was the jazz band and the big instruments. looking more at it i can see that Robert Pattinson has be washed out.


this is good for focal point, there is not much in the photograph. only the two men, the do not follow rules of thirds but the way there is nothing else in the photo and that it is empty means you see them first.
FACTUAL: this is photo by Annie Leibovitz, an American photographer. The photos are of Mikhail Baryshnikov and Rob Besserer.
CONTEXT:  this is a black and white photography, of two dancers on the Cumberland Islands in 1990
TECHNICAL:  i think due to the time and the type of image, it will have been taken on a film camera with black and white film.
AESTHETIC: I really like this photography due to the colours, i like black and white photograph's anyway but i particularly like this one, because the image is so strong and the placement of the people are not following the rules of thirds so it makes it lots more interesting.
http://www.digital-photography-school.com/using-focal-points-in-photography can help if i got stuck