Photography

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Photography

• Composition

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What is Photo Composition?

• Photo composition is an interesting arrangement
  of visual elements.
• Photo composition shows an understanding of
  artistic decisions while looking through the
  viewfinder and deciding when and how to take the
  shot.
• Professional way to look at and capture the world
  around us.

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Why think composition before you take the picture?

• Snap shots are just that- no thinking involved.
• Is it interesting to look atis the focal point
  in an interesting part of the picture?
• Move around your subject to get different vantage
  points and choose the best.
• Physically zoom in and out from your subject.
• SEE everything in your viewfinder and if
  possible, eliminate distracting elements in your
  photo.

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Technical Effects

• Aperture Depth of Field
• Shutter Speed Motion

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Depth of Field

• The area of focus in front of and behind your
  subject.
• Aperture

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Shallow Depth of Field

• Achieved by having the aperture set to a larger
  opening. The smaller the f-stop number,(f/2.8)
  the shallower the depth of field.

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What is a shallow depth of field?

• It is a way to show the main idea or focal point
  in focus and the foreground and/or background
  blurred.
• This shows off the emphasis and simplifies
  distractions.

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Shallow Depth of Field Examples
     
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Great Depth of Field

• Achieved by having the aperture set to a smaller
  opening. The larger the f-stop number, (f/22)
  the greater the depth of field.

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What is a great depth of field?

• A great depth of field in a picture has complete
  focus from foreground to background. Great depth
  of field is used when the main idea is showing
  space and distance.

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Great depth of field examples
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The difference between the two depth of
fields(Same picture, but different depth of
fields) f/2.8 f/22
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Motion

• Motion can be either frozen in time and place, or
  blurred.
• Shutter Speed

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Frozen Motion

• Faster shutter speeds
• Remember shutter speed is in fractions of
  seconds.
• 2000 or 1/2000 is the fastest shutter speed and
  will freeze a race car in its tracks.

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Frozen Motion
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Blurred Motion

• Slower shutter speeds will blur, or record
  motion.
• Shutter speed will have to be 30, or 1/30 of a
  second and below to record motion.
• Remember shutter speeds below 1/60 need a
  tri-pod!
• Has an interesting effect on water makes it
  appear soft and flowing.

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Blurred Motion
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Composition Design

• This is the visual arrangement chosen by the
  photographer (YOU).
• There are compositional strategies or guidelines
  used by professional photographers.
• Rule of Thirds
• Leading Lines
• Framing
• Different Perspective (Angles)

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Rule of Thirds

• Dividing the picture into thirds horizontally and
  vertically to avoid placing the focal point in
  the center.

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Rule of Thirds Photos
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Rule of Thirds PhotosRight or Left 1/3, Top or
Bottom 1/3
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Leading Lines

• Lines in nature that are man-made or natural that
  lead the eye through the composition.
• Helps to show movement your eye follows the
  line
• To a focal point
• Around a bend
• Off the page
• Into the distance

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Leading Lines Photos
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Framing
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What is Framing?

• A "frame" in a photograph is something in the
  foreground that leads you into the picture.
• The frame can be natural (ex. branches) or
  man-made (ex. window)
• Framing gives you a sense of where the viewer is,
  and borders the area of interest.

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Framing Examples
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Angles Different Perspectives

• Give more interest or impact to a photo by
  changing up the way its usually viewed. (Normal
  Eye Level)
• Worms Eye
• Birds Eye

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Worms Eye View
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What is a Worms Eye view?

• A worms eye view is an angle where you are
  looking up!or what a worm would see!
• Make the photo more interesting to view- give it
  a new perspective.
• Can make things appear out of proportion or
  larger than life.

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Worms eye examples
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Birds Eye view
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What is Birds Eye view?

• An angle where you are looking down on something
  as a bird would see.
• An arial view
• Can make things appear smaller than life.

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Birds Eye View examples