Photography April 21, 2009
Posted by kd49 in : Photography , comments closed 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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