Photo Composition

 10 Top Photography Composition Rules

Theme:  Six Flags

1. Rule of thirds

2. Balancing Elements

3. Leading Lines

4. Symmetry and Patterns (repetition)

5. Viewpoint

6. Background

7. Create depth

8. Framing

9. Cropping

10. Mergers and avoiding them

Hurricane Ike

This picture best displays the composition of both simplicity and balance. It fulfills the rule of simplicity because the picture doesn't consist of a lot of details. The house is the biggest object that fills up the background of the picture. It also fulfills the rule of balance because the house which is the main focus is placed almost in the middle. It slightly stands on the right more but the cars are filling up spaces which make the picture more balanced. The subject of this photo strikes me because it's hard to imagine such a nice house like that was swept away by the hurricane. It is also sad for the hardworking of the people that tried to build it up.

 

This picture best displays the composition of Avoiding Mergers because the woman takes up most the space of the picture. When you look at this picture, you immediately look at her because she is the main focus that makes you not wanting to look at anywhere else. The subject of this photo strikes me because of how emotional the picture makes me feel. I can really feel how they were going through such a disaster that no one expected to happen. They were probably thinking that it was the end of their life because they had to start their life over again from scratch.

Great Black & White Photographers PART 2

Josef Koudelka

Josef Koudelka was born on January 10, 1938 in Boskovice, Czechoslovakia. He is a Czech photographer. Koudelka graduated from Prague's Technical University with a degree of aeronautical engineering. In 1962, he was largely self-taught and became a photographer at the Divaldo Theatre, Prague. He devoted himself entirely to photography. In 1967, Koudelka decided to give up his career in engineering for full-time work as a photographer. In 1969, he won the Robert Capa Gold Medal and many other significant awards during the 70's through 90's such as the Prix Nadar(1978), a Grand Prix National de la Photographie, etc. The first book that Koudelka published was Gypsies in 1975 and Exiles was his second one in 1988. Since 1986, Koudelka has worked with a panoramic camera and issued a compilation of these photographs in his book. During his lifetime, Koudelka had published more then a dozen books of his work, including most recently in 2006, the retrospective volume Koudelka. Koudelka resides in France and Prague and is continuing his work documenting the European landscape. He also has two daughters and a young son which live in different countries; France, England and Italy.

                             

My Pinhole Picture

1) Negative and Positive Differences:

• Everything that was black on the negative is completely white on the positive
• The picture is flipped

2) Negative: a negative quality or characteristic.

Everything that was light in my negative picture appears to be dark and everything that was dark appears to be light because its negative. It's like a reserve of something.

Avoiding Mergers

 

Good Example: When you look at this picture, your eyes will jump directly to the two women holding onto each other. It is also the main focus and you probably don't want to look anywhere else because they stand out too much.

Bad Example: The background is a little packed which can distract you from looking at the main focus.

Framing

 

 Good Example: The frame actually stands out and it's framing the background which you can see. 

Bad Example: The frame is too dark to be seen and for people to literally recognize it.

Balance

 

 Good Example: The 2 trees make the picture balanced because they're not in the same place or corner. They're placed on two different sides and when you look at the picture, it doesnt look empty but filled.

Bad Example: It doesn't have that many details to help the picture really balances out. Like only the trees make the picture a little more filled up.

Lines

 

 Good Example: The picture consists of mostly lines 

Bad Example: There are too much lines and the picture doesn't lead you anywhere

The Rule of Thirds

 

Good Example: It is a good example because it follows the rule of thirds. The man is the main lead and yet you can still see the background. 

Bad Example: The background is a little blurry which keeps you from recognizing what is in the background

Simplicity

 

Good Example: It is a good example because the picture doesn't have a lot of details which meets the requirement of simplicity.

Bad Example: It is a bad example because the lines take up most the space of the picture and you cant really see what is its main focus.

Great Black & White Photographers Part 1

Josef Koudelka 

Max Waldman

Eugene Alget  

Single-lens Reflex Camera

Single-lens reflex camera : a camera that typically uses a semi-automatic moving mirror system that permits the photographer to see exactly what will be captured by the film or digital imaging system

Leaf Shutters:  the shutter is constructed of diaphragm-like blades and can be situated either between the lens or behind the lens

Parallax: is an apparent displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight, and is measured by the angle or semi-angle of inclination between those two lines 

Shutter: is a device that allows light to pass for a determined period of time, for the purpose of exposing photographic film r a light-sensitive electronic sensor to light to capture a permanent image of a scene.

Aperture: is a hole or an opening through which light travels
Shutter:  is a device that allows light to pass for a determined period of time, for the purpose of exposing photographic film r a light-sensitive electronic sensor to light to capture a permanent image of a scene.
Exposure: is the total amount of light allowed to fall on the photographic medium during the process of taking a photograph
Depth of field: is the portion of a scene that appears acceptably sharp in the image
F-stop: A measure of the size of the opening in a lens calibratred to a corresponding focal length.
Focal length: The focal length of a lens is defined as the distance in mm from the optical center of the lens to the focal point, which is located on the sensor or film if the subject is "in focus".

Lalalalaallalala

I like this picture because of the way the picture is being taken from an angle. I like the effects and when you look at this picture, the eiffel tower just pops up in front of you. It's kinda like your looking up at it from the bottom.

I don't like this picture because it looks dull and dark. It doesn't really show you anything in particular like there's supposed to be a main focus or something.