Photo by Mel D. Cole

The Frame

Cropping: how much information is in the frame

  • a long shot
  • a medium shot
  • a close up
  • an extreme close up.
Alexander Rodchenko, Portrait of his mother, Olga, , 1926
Alexander Rodchenko, Portrait of his mother, Olga,side view, 1926
How does the difference in framing change the impact on the viewer of these two portraits?

Angle of View:  describes the camera position in relationship to the subject. The angle of view may be:

  • a worm’s-eye view
Andreas Feininger. 1962
  • a low-angle
Berenice Abbott.
  • eye-level
Edward Weston.
  • a high-angle
Edward Weston. 1931.
  • a bird’s-eye or aerial or overhead view
George Steinmetz.
  • oblique angle
Tram on Sukharevsky Boulevard, 1928. Alexander Rodchenko.

Angle of View Examples By Alexander Rodchenko

Fire Escape, from the series Building on Miasnitskaia Street, 1926
Pioneer Girl, 1930
Pioneer, 1930
City Street, Moscow, 1927
Courier Girl, 1928
Steps, 1930
Girl with Leica, 1934

Lab: Week 2 – Composition

HW 2: Hula Hoops