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5 COMPOSITIONAL TECHNIQUES

Framing- using elements in the shot to frame the subject of the shot. Fill the frame with the subject.

Level Horizon-Diagonal horizon lines will create tension and confusion making the viewer uncertain what they are looking at.

Leading Lines- Create interest in your image and lead people into the picture with roads or trees or lines of a building can all lead the viewer's eye into your image and point them toward what you want them to see.

Interest POV- Where you stand and how you choose to interpret an image makes the creativity and originality of your image.

Rule of thirds- This divides the image into three horizontal and 3 vertical lines that help compose the photo. It provides asymmetrical and informal balance (both same) which allow the viewer to have interest in a different position of the photo instead of the boring belly button.

Lighting Natural light; Outside light....includes the sun, filtered sunlight on a cloudy day, and moonlight Firelight........light from fire, candle Inside.......available light coming from a natural light source through a window or glass door or skylight that implies that it is the only light available in the room at the time

Artificial light; Lighting source....flash on camera or attached separately, studio light (strobe), light in room Studio/Artificial.......light from a computer Bounce light...using a white umbrella or sheet or other white object to reflect light Fill light... Subject lit by one light source, but there are other shadows so a second light source fills in those shadows Dramatic light... lighting one single light source that creates extreme shadows (spotlight)

I’ve used natural light when I’d be outside, going somewhere, or already out. It’s with people or of an object or even me, it’s bright and sunny yellow if day time and not cloudy. Firelight is dim and creates dramatic light, even though it’s natural. Bonfires create big firelight, candles too when I take photos of them. I always use inside available light because i’m always in my room, I have all the colors of the rainbow in one bulb, and can adjust the dim or brightness. Mostly I use available light, but other times I use flash for things to become shiny in a specific area.

= Composition and Focus =

===A: What is the relationship between ISO and f/stop(aperture) and shutter speed === ISO is the indication of how sensitive a film is to light. Lower the numbers and it lowers the sensitivity of the film and the finer the grain in the shots you have. Shutter speed although is the amount of time that the shutter is open, it’s measured in seconds and it’s the time that the camera takes to capture the sight. While Aperture is the opening in the lens, the aperture that you set impacts the size of that hole, the larger it is the more light that gets in. Numbers are smaller it means the lens is bigger, lens is smaller means the numbers are bigger.

===A: What is depth of field and how does it relate to lens focal length and aperture === It’s the exposure of the unfocused area in a photograph that makes an item image more appearable and more focused creating the distance of the field to be larger and blurry.

Asymmetrical or informal balance- It will be more interesting if there's the rule of thirds in photography, because it’s the horizontal and vertical lines that eliminate the strict balance.
Framing- using elements in the shot to frame the subject of the shot. Fill the frame with the subject.

Level Horizon-Diagonal horizon lines will create tension and confusion making the viewer uncertain what they are looking at.

Leading Lines- Create interest in your image and lead people into the picture with roads or trees or lines of a building can all lead the viewer's eye into your image and point them toward what you want them to see.

Interest POV- Where you stand and how you choose to interpret an image makes the creativity and originality of your image.

?: Questions you have as you read, something you don't understand.
C: Connections to your own work and your own experiences. What does it remind you of?

= Lighting =

Natural (sunlight) and Artificial (flash or studio light)

Bounce light reflects off of an object onto another for better light on subject ____________________________________________________________________________

It’s important to focus an image manually, because the auto focusing may get confused if there’s more going on in a photo. To get focus in a digital slr photograph you have to get the right distance away from what you want to photograph, manually focus the image, apply the rule of thirds, and adjust the frame.

The depth of field is the adjustment of focus on a subject and it’s shown to blur out to a certain distance and degree but also keep the subject sharp and focused. This is important, because there needs to be focus on something if there’s a subject, because of the confusion to the viewer and what the photo is about.

The lighting, the depth, the composition. The composition is the rule of thirds of how to position a photo, if there should be lines or framing, and how to do them. That ties into lighting, if the lighting isn’t right or bright or natural enough it tarnishes the beauty of the photo by hiding or tainting the right areas of a photo. Light is crucial for depth as well, there would be added negative space if there is too little or too much light. It would draw too much attention to a small area, and also break the rule of thirds. starich, michaelle