Photography April 21, 2009
Posted by kd49 in : Photography , trackback Pulitzer Prize winning photographs of 2008Techniques for taking and selecting great photographs
As with other forms of visual communication, successful photography usually adheres to some basic rules of composition.
- Compose the photo using the 9 grid technique
- Simplicity of Composition: example
- Leading lines to create depth, interest and focus: example
- Make light work for you: example
- Use space and depth
- Point of view: Congo chiildren example (image 4): Karl Rove example
- Tell a story: Paris Match does a particularly good job with using photography to tell a story
- In choosing a background color, choose a secondary color in the photograph as the background (ppt)
Review of the Olympic moments photographs applying the principles above.
Definitions:
Photo journalism: The informative photographic documentation of an event or subject in real-time. 2008 National Magazine Award Winning Example from National Geographic
Photo portfolio: Collection of photos that were crafted to tell a story. 2008 National Magazine Award Winning example from Vanity Fair
In making photo selections
- Look for consistency in quality among a group of photos that will display in a set: consistent lighting, color balance and contrast: controversy over darkened photos
- If the photos involve people have a consistent framing of the faces make the top of head to chin a consistent height, otherwise you are implying importance or priority: example
- If there are a group of portraits all of them should have a consistent relationship with the camera (all looking into it, all looking away from it)
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