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Digital Photography Tips Composition Kathy Haley Sonoraville High School Calhoun, GA [email protected]

Digital Photography Tips Composition Kathy Haley Sonoraville High School Calhoun, GA

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Photo Composition The way elements of a shot work together to form the whole picture. –Golden Mean –Rule of Thirds –Framing –Angles

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Page 1: Digital Photography Tips Composition Kathy Haley Sonoraville High School Calhoun, GA

Digital Photography TipsComposition

Kathy HaleySonoraville High School

Calhoun, [email protected]

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Picture Stories

• “A picture is worth a thousand words.”

• A photo = a story• Composition is what makes a

photo memorable, • “a good story”.

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Photo Composition• The way elements of a shot work

together to form the whole picture.– Golden Mean– Rule of Thirds– Framing– Angles

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Golden Mean

• A mathematical way to look at perfection or images that are pleasing to the human eye.

• The nautilus shell is an example in nature of the Golden Mean

• Egyptians used it to build the great pyramids of Giza

• Used by artists such as Michelangelo and Da Vinci

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Golden Mean aka Golden Triangle

• Nautilus shell

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The Golden Mean

The buds form a spiral pattern as they fan out from the middle.

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Sample Photo

• Golden mean

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Rule of Thirds

• The eye is naturally drawn to a spot about two-thirds up a page or photo.

• The rule of thirds places your main subjects away from the center and onto one of several intersecting points

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Rule of Thirds

The center of interest is placed on the intersecting lines to the left making it more attractive to the eye.

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Rule of Thirds

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Lots to think about in this photo!!!

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Framing

• Sometimes you need to use objects in the foreground to “frame” your center of interest. This can give the picture a feeling of depth.

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Not exactly what I meant!

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Framing samples

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Good, but Better is what you want.

Not the best shot! Framing makes this a much better picture.

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Angles

• Choosing a particular angle for a shot will either add or remove details from your story.

• Bird’s Eye• Worm’s Eye• Straight On• Tilted

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Angles

Angles in photography refer to the way the camera is held relative to the subject. Each one gives a singular angle or perspective.

Low camera angle involve the camera held lower than the subject, high camera angles represent the camera held higher then the subject and looking down.

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AnglesBird’s Eye Angle Tilted Angle

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AnglesWorm’s Eye View Odd Angle/almost straight on

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Textures

Textures add variety. Close ups are more interesting.

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Leading Lines

The eye follows leading line.

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Assignment

• Take multiple photos using the composition information you have learned:– Rule of thirds– Framing– Different angles– Create a Power Point with example pictures.

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Power Point Directions• Take multiple photos that are examples of the

types you have learned.• Your presentation should contain 8+ slides• Slide 1- title of presentation and your name.• Slide 2+ Example pictures; labeled• Last Slide – A paragraph detailing what you

have learned about digital photographer and techniques.