Photography - simply started, using a camera to capture an image Photography is both a art and a science.
You must undersstand the science of a camera's functionality as well as well as the art of composing it.
All digital photography is made up of 4 Separate Phases
1:composition - creating a scene and arranging the different parts that make up a whole image.
2:Image capture - actual opening and closing of the the camera lens to take a picture.
The components of image capture are the ISO value,the shutter speed & the aperture - each will be explained much more in detail later on.
3:Digital editing and adjustments -
We will use industry software standards of Adobe Photoshop CS 5.5 as well as Adobe Lightroom 5. In Old film days, this phase was in the dark room art 50% of our classroom time.
Printing onto a medium examples are a website, photographic paper, canvas, metal, and acrylic science 20% of our classroom time
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R-o-o-m for improvement of your photography
1. Rule of thirds divided a composition into equal thirds, both horizontally and vertically, thus creating a tic-tac-toe like grid... Elements that appear at the intersections of these gridlines in composition always appear more appealing to the eye and your audience.
2 . One subject : try to limit your focus to one subject as to create a stronger purpose for your composition as well limit distractions in your image with your audience.
3.Overemphasize: make your own subjects really stand out in your image build extra emphasis. This can be done in a couple of ways by having your subject as the only thing in Focus, or the brightest thing, or the most colorful, or the largest thing.
During the capture of your image, use the large aperture small/ f stock number or” macro” flower icon... This will blur everything but your subject by limiting your depth of field which will make your subject stand out more vs. the background. You can also use longer exposures to permit moving things to blur often the with the help of ND filters. Some extra blurring techniques can also be applied in post-production of the image i.e.using Photoshop.
Make your subject Stand Out by having it as the brightest color of in the composition. This could be done during the Caps are by finding a subject which is more colorful than the rest of the image. Also helpful: in post-production i. E. Using Photoshop, you can also make the background black and white and keep your subject as the only thing in color in the composition to make it really stand out.
4.Minimalism: when the scenes around you seem” busy” or too boring, try zooming in clothes and composing images in the little” macro” world. or find ordinary objects that are standing alone with few distractions around them this connects perfectly with the” one Focus” Point as well. This will give you endless more possibilities of subject matter which might be otherwise overlooked
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line for the most of the 11 foundations
A line is the strongest and most important and influential foundation. without Alliance there can be no shape. without shape there can be no form. Without Farm there can be no texture and there can be no pattern. Lions are powerful tools that can be used smartly to lead the viewer's eyes towards the point of interest in photograph leading lines.
Lions can also alter the over-all feeling/ mood of an image.
Lions can be vertical, horizontal, diagonal, curved, organic, or implied. lines can be short or long, thick or thin. lines can lead you away, or movie forward in an image. A line's emotional effect on an image cannot be overlooked. They sometimes feel restful, soothing, rigid, active, guiding, or threatening.
Then lines can be experienced by some as unstable, and by others as delicate
their clients can be experienced as rigid and dependent, or can be experienced as dominating or Stern , and showing strength.
Curved lines are often perceived as soft, soothing, settling, and relaxing.
Jagged lines can be perceived as forceful, chaotic, sharp, and threatening.
Vertical lines in a photograph 10 to convey different moods, ranging from power and strength, to growth.
Vertical lines can include strands of hair, Pauls, trees, buildings, and a lot of other different objects that expand vertically rather than horizontally.
Vertical lines create a bold statement.
They tend to suggest power with a strong Foundation.
They indicated feeling of solidity.
Horizontal lines in a photo 10 to cast a feeling of restfulness, permanency, and stability.
If you want to further accentuate the rest. Abel feeling of a horizontal line in an image, a good ways to use horizontal framing rather than vertical.
Horizontal lines can indicate stability as well, but in a much more Calming way.
They suggest balance, Harmony and in some cases fenella t or a sense of cadence.
Layers of multiple horizontal lines in an image can create drama and Rhythm, and become the main interest of an image all by themselves. Horizontal lines can include Horizons, Seas, laying people, straight sides, and almost anything that expands horizontally.
Diagonal lines work well to guide the viewer's attention towards the main subject of your photo. they can convey a sense of action and read or photos as Dynamic and interesting. Diagonal lines can be the shape of a path, a line of trees, a fence, River or any other component of an image. Diagonal lines also create a strong field, but indicated sense of energy or motion. mixing diagonal lines with vertical or horizontal lines can create a nice blend of power and Dynamics.
Organic lines OptumRx come from nature. they start to introduce feelings of chaos, complexity and beauty. Our eyes begin to relate in a much deeper way to this type of line and actually respond to it more sophisticatedly then we might think. lines that suggest lightning haven't angular quality that could seem intense. Lines and patterns like grass or wheat Fields might suggest a sense of common Beauty. organic wines begin to become associative on a subconscious level with the viewer.
implied lines are possibly the most interesting if used correctly. Implied lines and composition do not exist at all and are not even shown visually. They are created with directional elements such as shape, hand gesture, I contact Etc they are possibly the hardest elements to work with, but usually have the strongest impact when done well.
Iines create shapes shapes are defined by contrast of differing light or color areas. Shapes exist in nature and we see the high contrast areas to find as lions. We see shapes visually and they are emphasized by lines, they can have very complex effects in composition. they can be somewhat difficult to work with as they are often somewhat expected.
shapes can be geometrical and/ or abstract the abstract shapes can often have psychological association's with the viewer on various levels of depth. at their most obvious they tend to be object identification. A silhouette of a chair can be identified as a chair because it's an object just about everyone can identify. Same with it any other subject or shape of familiarity shapes that are extracted either by blur , Shadow, distance or scale begin to have a more dramatic effect as they might head to the viewer on a more subconscious level. In other words they might not be the first thing the viewer sees or recognizes on the first glance. This can often create interest and a stronger visual impact.
leading lines a technique of composition where the viewer of your photos of tension is drawn two lines that lead to the main subject of the image.
A leading lion paves an easy path for the eye to follow through different elements of a photo. Usually they start at the bottom of the frame and guide the eye upwards and inwards, from the foreground of the image to the background, typically leading towards the main subject... Such as a river flowing down from the mountains into the foreground of a picture a viewer's eye follows the river back up to its source, the mountains.
The easiest place to find a leading line is on a road or a pathway . roads and pathways are inherently leading because they go somewhere, give us a feeling of motion, in the long 10 point as far in words that they reach a vanishing point the place where two or more lines conversion to theoretical Infinity.
a, connect the foreground to the background of a scene they help to create depth in dimensionality which draws the viewer into the image.
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Rhythm is a repetition or alternation of elements, often with defined intervals between them. Rhythm can create a sense of movement, and can't emphasize pattern and texture. visual rhythm is best explained in a comparison to music. Rhythm in music is the pulse at which the notes move over time. Music always has Rhythm because it is a time-based medium. Notes or sounds move along with a pulse. The Sounds can be of equal distance in time from one another for simple rhythms or they can play against the symmetry of being equal to create interest. syncopation occurs when the rhythm is set up to work against itself you hear this in jazz, rock, or African music. These puzzles in a visual composition or Illustrated visually. Most obvious visual rhythms occur through repetition. Sometimes there is symmetry to this repetition and sometimes objects can be syncopated against other like symmetrical objects. Chaos and simplicity as tranquility. Rhythmic elements can themselves be thus all subject of your composition so think of a close up of zebra stripes or three simple apples in a row. It General Rhythm throughout the frame can also be used to establish an overall atmosphere or mood the regular name of the Rhythm a envelop the viewer and feelings of peace and serenity to take this back to music, think of how soothing we find sounds that are nothing more than a rhythm: a heartbeat, water lapping, the general and consistent sounds of the ocean. But is that itself in artistic creation? some might argue the rhythm is just what metronome would play; it is not the song itself.
Rhythm is very important in part of visual composition. Unlike the rules needed to be created into visual art, Rhythm simply exist. It's in every composition to some degree. However, learning to control the Rhythm elements of visual composition is a powerful tool. Life is full of patterns. It is all part of our existence, tell patterns our lives would be utter chaos. Most patterns people do not recognize or overlooked because of their busy Ness, routine driven, daily lives. In visual composition, photograph first create interest by playing with and arranging these Visual patterns. And compositional design, we alternate the positive elements with negative space to create patterns, which we then repeat and very to create rhythm.
1. repetition which creates patterns through predictability
2. alternation which creates patterns through contrasting pairs so thick / then, dark light
3. graduation which creates patterns through a progression of regular steps basically like items getting bigger or smaller
two techniques come into practice while working with the Rhythm:
A. emphasizing pattern: emphasizing a pattern can accentuate a sense of size an expansion this will make a stronger Rhythm. The idea is to zoom in on to the pattern and fill the frame with it. Emphasize pattern can include faces amongst the crowd, a line of homo genus plants, bricks of a wall, rows of trees in a forest, buildings lining a street, Etc.
B breaking pattern: this is all about finding an object that disrupts The Continuous Flow of a pattern. This creates in a regular rhythm and can spark interest in the subject. it can be an object that is in clear contrast with the rest of the objects; be it in shape, color, Focus, or even texture. You might need to handle your composition with extra care while trying to render a broken pattern, and the rule of thirds can come in handy and such situations. For example, you can place your odd object along one of the thirds or on one of their intersecting points. You can also play with your depth of field. Have the contrasting item in a Serb focus and of the items around it fading slowly into the out-of-focus state. broken patterns can be found naturally, or some situations can be manipulated to disrupt readily existing patterns.
1: Regular a regular intervals between the elements, and often the elements themselves, or similar in size or length. And predictable think of equally spaced light posts extended from the left to right across the frame, or the alternating squares on a checkerboard, the slats of a crib, or a series of Windows on the side of a city apartment building. In music, this may be the same key played once every 1/4 seconds on the piano.
2: flowing a flowing Rhythm gives a sense of movement, and is often more organic in nature. The organic and natural predators are used to create a feeling of movement. This involves a smoother, continuous progression of elements that rise and fall or weave across the composition. this uses more curvy, wavy, or rolling lines that extend and often repeat throughout the composition. This is often literally used in water, like it tall waterfall, or such as a mountain stream winding and flowing out onto a plane, or waste rolling up on to the beach. And any subjects that emulates flowing water like flowing hair, or waves of softly blowing grasses, or rolling kills, or Stars sparkling in the cosmos, or waves of Windswept sand dunes, a snakes winding body, or rolling stripes on a tiger zebra, or the flow of a dancer's graceful extensions, or lazy floating clouds in the sky.
3: Progressive a progressive shows elements that changed slightly and predicted with each iteration ask prospective changes with a change in perspective, the repeated elements appear to gradually become smaller and smaller as they progress towards a vanishing point, or elements can appear to gradually appear larger and larger as they radiate out from a central point. example: Lamp Post Lane appear as it stretches out over the ocean; ripples on water, with concentric circles appearing larger and larger as they extend outward.
4: irregular and irregular Rhythm occurs when intervals us between elements, or the elements themselves, or not similar and repetition very sore is broken. It might have parts that are regular, Progressive, or flowing and or all three. Interest is created by an emphasis or contrast of an element that is interrupt but the pattern at times. This could be a contrasting shape or color or jurastic Ali changing the size of one element. This sets an element apart from the pattern and momentarily breaks the Rhythm. It can be used to control how the eye flows through the Rhythm. More emphasis on a single element makes the I pause on it before continuing. However, too much irregular Rhythm can lead to discordance and chaos.