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What is due?
3 Photos of each rule. Each photo needs to be renamed based on the Composition Rule used.
Objective
Using various composition techniques, students will create a photograph that both works well within the framework of the viewfinder, and holds the viewer’s interest. Final photos should be in focus, have an appropriate exposure, and follows one of the COMPOSITION guidelines as described below.
3 Photos of each rule. Each photo needs to be renamed based on the Composition Rule used.
Objective
Using various composition techniques, students will create a photograph that both works well within the framework of the viewfinder, and holds the viewer’s interest. Final photos should be in focus, have an appropriate exposure, and follows one of the COMPOSITION guidelines as described below.
Rule Of Thirds
The rule of thirds is a composition guideline that places your subject in the left or right third of an image (not in the center) or placing key elements of your photo at the points where any of the lines intersect.
The theory is that if you place points of interest in the intersections or along the lines that your photo becomes more balanced and will enable a viewer of the image to interact with it more naturally.
The theory is that if you place points of interest in the intersections or along the lines that your photo becomes more balanced and will enable a viewer of the image to interact with it more naturally.
Leading Lines
Leading lines are used to draw the viewer’s eye through a photograph.
When we look at a photo our eye is naturally drawn along lines. By thinking about how you place lines in your composition, you can affect the way we view the image, pulling us into the picture, towards the subject, or on a journey "through" the scene. There are many different types of line - straight, diagonal, curvy, zigzag, radial etc - and each can be used to enhance our photo's composition.
Unique Views
A bird's-eye view is an view of an object from above, with a perspective as though the observer were a bird. Stand on a chair or ladder, get above your subject!
A worm's-eye view is a view of an object from below, as though the observer were a worm. Get down on the ground and shoot up!
Framing
Framing can be used within the composition of a shot to help you highlight your main point of interest. Framing can draw the eye of the viewer of an interest to a particular part of the scene.
Close Up
Fill the frame with what you want to focus on, GET CLOSE!!! So how do you fill your frame? Use your Zoom - pinch and drag on your screen to zoom. Use your legs - Take a few steps closer to your subject to get the photo you want.
Pattern
Filling your frame with a repetitive pattern can give the impression of size and large numbers. The key to this is to attempt to zoom in close enough to the pattern that it fills the frame and makes the repetition seem as though it’s bursting out (even if the repetition stops just outside of your framing).
