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2. Focal Point

Definition;  Focal Point is the point in which the light entering the lens converges on a single point to generate the image. Focal point is important, depends on what you photographing. Street photography, for example, less relies on focal point.
Tips / How to:

• Position – Place it in a prominent position
• Focus – Learn to use Depth of Field to blur out other aspects in front or behind your focal point.
• Blur – If you really want to get tricky you might want to play with slower shutter speeds if your main subject is still and things around it are moving.
• Size – making your focal point large is not the only way to make it prominent – but it definitely can help.
• Color – using contrasting colors can also be a way of setting your point of interest apart from it’s surroundings.
• Shape – similarly contrasting shapes and textures can make a subject stand out – especially patterns that are repeated around a subject.

For more tips etc: http://digital-photography-school.com/using-focal-points-in-photography

Comments:
All of Perou's work is copyrighted so i had to print screen this then upload it to Photoshop  then save it as a JPEG file and upload to my blog.
This photo really caught my eye when i went onto his site (http://www.perou.co.uk/) because it's a sort of rough looking guy on the roof of a building and hes sat on a rocking horse. This could mean many things to different people, it depends what perspective you have on it. He could be trying to escape from his life at home or anywhere else, so he's gone to a quiet place to let loose a little. He could be desperate for his childhood back and he wants to try again or it could mean nothing, just a man on a rocking horse. That's what i find interesting about Perou's work, it could mean anything or nothing, is just the way your eyes see it.