Artist Statement: This is my crested gecko, Shadow, and I've had him for about a year now. The picture on the left is titled "Crest," because my gecko is a crested gecko. The picture on the right is titled "Shadow," because my gecko's name is Shadow and the photo is in black and white, kind of like a shadow. In both of the pictures, I blurred the background of the photo so the focus can really be on my gecko. In the image on the left, the focus of the picture is the whole body of my gecko and the final picture lined up really well with the rule of thirds. With the image on the right, I got a head shot of my gecko so it's just his head as the focus point and not the rest of the body.