photographic composition
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- 1. Photographic Composition M.V.Ramachandran
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- Photographic composition isthe pleasing arrangement of subject matter elements within the picture area
- The camera sees and records only a small isolated part of the larger scene, reduces it to only two dimensions, frames it, and freezes
- 3. Composition Composition is the selection and arrangement of objects in the picture area.A well composed photograph is more attractive and pleasing to the viewer.There are 6 guidelines to follow to get well-composed photographs.
- 4. Composition 1. Simplicity 2. Rule of Thirds 3. Lines 4. Balance 5. Framing 6. Mergers
- 5. Simplicity
- Focus on 1 Subject
- Have a Simple Background
- Place the Subject Slightly Off Center
- 6. Simplicity
- 7. Simplicity Compare the simple photo on the left... with the busy photo on the right. Which one do you prefer?
- 8. Simplicity
- 9. Simplicity
- 10. Simplicity
- 11. How are photographic composition skills developed?
- You look,
- You study
- You practice.
- 12. Think through your Camera
- 13. Analyze various media
- Motion pictures,
- Television,
- Magazines
- Books and newspapers,
- valuate what you see
- What is good about this picture or that TV image? What is bad about it?
- 14. SUBJECT PLACEMENT
- Principle of Third
- 15. Rule of Thirds
- Divide the picture area like a tic-tac-toe board and place the subject at one of the intersections.
- Place horizons high or low in the picture.Rarely should horizons be in the middle.
- Give moving subjects room to move in the picture.
- 16. Rule of Thirds
- 17. Rule of Thirds SubjectPlaced inLower Right
- 18. Rule of Thirds Have a strong center of interest
- 19. Rule of Thirds
- 20. Rule of Thirds Horizons High or Low Subject in Lower Left
- 21. Rule of Thirds
- 22. Rule of Thirds
- 23. Rule of Thirds
- 24. Rule of Thirds The boat has room to move in this picture.
- 25. Rule of Thirds
- 26. Principle of Third
- 27. Principle of Third
- 28. Principle of Third
- 29. Principle of Third
- 30. Principle of Third
- 31. Dynamic symmetry
- 32. Dynamic symmetry
- Symmetrical, or formal, balance in a photograph is achieved when elements on both sides of the picture are of equal weight .
- Symmetrical pictures, in which both presumed to be approximately equal.
- 33. Balance
- 34. Balance Having good balance can help to prevent having a picture that looks lopsided.Provide objects and shapes on either side of the picture to compliment each other.Also provide visual support to objects that need it.
- 35. Balance The wheel has visual support on both sides of the picture.
- 36. Balance In this picture the wheel on the right is not in the picture and the Wheel lacks support.
- 38. Balance The Bison on the right balances the people on the left.
- 39. Balance The Bison on the right balances the people on the left.
- 40. Aspects of Balance
- An object far from the center of the picture seems to have more weight than one near the center.
- Objects in the upper part of a picture seem heavier than objects of the same size in the lower part of a picture.
- Isolation seems to increase the weight of an object.
- Intensely interesting objects seem to have more compositional weight.
- Regular shapes seem to have more weight than irregular shapes.
- Elements on the right side of an asymmetrical picture appear to have more weight than elements of the same size on the left side of the picture.
- 41. Symmetrical Asymmetrical
- 43. Framing
- Use Foreground Objects to Highlight the Subject and Give the Picture Depth
- Pictures of Scenery should have a foreground and background.Provide some visual depth to the picture.
- 44. Framing The trees in the foreground provide a frame for the mountain in the background.Also, the mountain has been placed in the upper left corner to meet the rule of thirds.
- 45. Framing This photograph does not have a lot of framing but it has an obvious foreground, middle ground and background.
- 46. Framing
- 47. Framing Overhanging branches and plants in the foreground provide a frame for the lake and trees.The person has been placed in the lower right.
- 48. Framing
- 49. Framing
- 50. Framing
- 51. Framing This photograph does not have a lot of framing but it has an obvious foreground, middle ground and background.
- 52. Fill the frame
- 53. Fill the frame
- 54. Mergers Mergers are something to avoid!
- A merger could be a background object that interferes with the subject...
- or an object that is too close to the subject that takes attention away from the subject.
- A border merger is when peoples heads or feet are cut off at the edge of the picture.
- 55. Mergers In the picture on the left the tree in the background appears to be coming out of the persons head.This is a merger that can be avoided by simply moving your vantage point.
- 56. Mergers A common mistake when photographing large groups of people is to not fit everyone in the picture.This results in people being cut off.This is a Border Merger.
- 57. Mergers Balloon Head? Much Better!
- 58. Lines
- Use Dynamic Lines to Make the Picture Interesting
- Use Leading Lines to Draw attention to the Subject
- The S-curve is a popular line used in photos.
- 59. Lines
- A mark made by a moving point.
- Has greater length than width.
- Directs the eye horizontal, vertical, diagonal, curvy, zigzag, etc
- 60. Lines
- 61. Lines
- 62. Lines
- 63. Lines
- 64. Lines
- 65. Lines
- 66. Lines S-Curve
- 67. Lines S-Curve
- 68. Lines Leading Lines
- 69. Lines Leading Lines
- 70. Lines Leading Lines
- 71. Lines
- 72. Lines
- 73. Lines
- 74. Cropping
- 77. Composition Remember, these are guidelines, not Rules. You may only use 1 or 2 of these guidelines at a time.Try them and see if your photos improve.
- 78. Tone is probably the most intangible element of composition TONE Tone may consist of shadings from white-to-gray-to-black The use of dark areas against light areas is a common method of adding the feeling of a third dimensionto a two-dimensional black-and-white picture. Tones are mostly light and airy, the picture portrays lightness, joy, or airiness .
- 79. EMPHASIS or Focal Point Emphasis in a composition refers to developing points of interest to pull the viewer's eye to important parts of the body of the work.
- 80. EMPHASIS EXAMPLES
- 81. Example of digital refocusing
- 82. Pattern
- 83. Pattern
- Pattern can help echo the character of a photo
- Catching attention
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- Slight variation in a pattern
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- Random patterns
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- Pattern in common places
- 84. Pattern
- 85. Texture
- How an object feels, or how it looks like it feels.
- Rough, smooth, bumpy, gooey, sharp, etc.
- Adds interest! Sense of sight and sense of touch involved.
- 86. Texture