The whole picture upload is a bit confusing to me, but I hope it works out.

Safety First

When you're flying off a jump, 20 feet in the air, there are hundreds of things that could go wrong. Any movement could send you tipping on your side, and as you see the hard, white ground coming up to meet you, you had better hope you're wearing a helmet. In the picture Safety First, by Michael Alkire, one can realize that the photographer agrees with that statement. The photo is of a helmet perched on top of a pair of skis. The skis have white sidewalls, which create a leading line to the helmet. This serves to emphasize the helmet, because your eyes follow the lines and come to rest on the helmet. This placement may also be trying to say that you shouldnt take your skis without your helmet, because to use the skis you would at very least have to agknowledge the helmet. The low camera angle also shows us the importance of the helmet. You feel like you lying on the ground, looking up at the helmet. You might even feel as if you had just hurt yourself and are looking up, wishing you had been wearing the helmet. Its a long distance shot, but the skis form a pathway up to the helmet. The photographer is trying to say that it may be hard for some people to get themselves to wear a helmet, but, since the skis make a path there, its definately possible. These angles, combined with the placement of the subject, make it easy to realize the photographers opinion on helmets: When it comes to skiing, better safe than sorry.