Robin Michals | COMD 1340 Photography 1
Photo by Mel D. Cole
Cropping: how much information is in the frame
Angle of View: describes the camera position in relationship to the subject. The angle of view may be:
4pts. Due Sept 5, 12 noon. Post to OpenLab.
Review the Steve McCurry video:
http://petapixel.com/2015/03/16/9-photo-composition-tips-as-seen-in-photographs-by-steve-mccurry/
Look at the work of the photographers listed below. Then select one photograph by one of these photographers that really speaks to you and that you think is visually engaging. Once you have selected a photograph, write a 300-word post on OpenLab about the photograph.
Category: Student posts>HW1-Composition
1. Identify the photograph with the name of the photographer and the name of the photograph. Write a short description of the subject matter and location. Then, identify the intention of the photographer. What is the purpose of the image? What is the mood or feeling of the photograph?
2. Select three of the formal elements from the Steve McCurry video that are most important in the photo that you selected. Write a second paragraph describing the photographer’s use of those three compositional principles.
1. Rule of Thirds
2. Leading Lines
3. Diagonals
4. Frame within a frame
5. Figure to Ground
6. Fill the Frame
7. Dominant Eye
8. Patterns and Repetition
9. Symmetry
How do these elements help create the mood or feeling of the photograph?
Include a link to the photograph if you can’t include a version of the image so I can easily find it.
1. Suzanne Stein
https://www.suzannesteinphoto.com
Pick from either New York Street One, Two, or Three
2. Janette Beckman
https://janettebeckman.com/
Pick from Hip Hop or US Youth
3. Thomas Holton
http://www.thomasholton.com/
The Lams of Ludlow Street
4. Michael Kenna-
http://www.michaelkenna.net/gallery.php?id=14
New York
2. Leading Lines – lines in the photograph that lead the eye to the main subject
3. Diagonals – Sloping lines
4. Frame within a frame
5. Figure to Ground – Figure to Ground -the relationship between the subject and the background sometimes described as negative and positive space.
6. Fill the Frame – get closer. Never plan to crop later.
7. Patterns – repeated elements. Break the pattern for visual interest
8. Symmetry – If you fold the image in half the two haves are very similar and have equal visual weight. Or make it asymmetrical to add tension to the composition.
2 pts. Photographing a stool or a chair as your main subject, create a clear example of each one of the 8 compositional principles in the Steve McCurry video:
1. Rule of Thirds
2. Leading Lines
3. Diagonals
4. Frame within a frame
5. Figure to Ground
6. Fill the Frame
7. Patterns and Repetition
8. Symmetry
Camera settings:
Under menu, select Image Quality to set the file format to jpg.
Use the shooting mode – P – for Program Mode (not A which is for aperture).
Set the ISO to Auto.
Practice moving the focus point around the screen.
Upload the 8 examples of the compositional principles to an album on Flickr. Label each one with the compositional principal it represents.
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