Composition Shooting Assignment

Cell Phone

DSLR

Elements and Principles of Photography

Worm's Eye- A view as seen from below. It is a picture that you are looking up at something. (almost like you are as small as a worm)

Vertical Lines- Lines that make your eyes move up and down. The walls draw your eyes to them because they make you look up and down at them. 

Variety- Various items in a photograph to make it dynamic. Variety is used to make the picture more interesting. The different cookies make it more fascinating rather than all of them being exactly the same. 

Unity- Things in a picture that tie it together. A lot of flowers are put together to make one bouquet, The flowers are unified because there are so many of them that are exactly the same being next to each other.  

Texture- This element makes you feel the picture. This picture can almost make you feel the dry, choppy texture of this surface. 

Asymmetrical Balance- Two objects that are not the same but balance each other out. The mugs are at different heights, but they still balance each other out because they are on opposite sides of the photo.

Bird's eye view- You have the point of view in which you are looking down on something. In this picture, you are looking down at this river. (almost as if you were a bird looking down at the land)

Curved Lines- Lines that make your eyes go in curvy movements. These steps make your eyes move in curves instead of just up and down and side to side. 

Diagonal Lines- These lines make your eyes move diagonally. The bar makes your eyes follow it and draw your attention from one side of the photo to the other side. 

Emphasis- Focusing on one subject in the photo by making it stand out from everything else in the photo. This fish is EMPHASIZED by making it a bright yellow compared to the dull grey background.

Framing- Something that frames an object in a picture. The house frames the trees in the background to make you really focus on what is being framed. 

 Horizon Line- A line perpendicularly to the ground outwardly from one's eye level. In this picture, the end of the grass and the beginning of the clouds is the horizon line.

Horizontal Lines- Lines that make your eyes move side to side. In this picture, the bench makes your eyes move side to side like they way the dog is looking. 

Leading Lines- Lines that draw your eyes to move at one point in the picture. In this picture, the trees make you look the the middle of the sky because their lines draw you to look there. 

Movement and Rhythm- The subject in the picture is doing an action that shows an action that is being preformed. The bird's wings in this picture make us visualize how fact they must be moving when it's flying. The bird shows movement. 

Proportion and Scale- Comparing something to something else in size; it can be unrealistic sometimes. Because everyone knows the size of a tiny pin, This picture makes you think that all of the trees and people have shrunk because of the known size of the pin. 

Repetition- Something shows up many times in a picture. The circles are repeated through the whole picture a lot.

Rule of Thirds- The rule of thirds involves dividing up your image using 2 horizontal lines and 2 vertical lines. As seen above, the chair is the focal point and is placed on one of the points where the horizontal and vertical lines meet. 

Simplicity- A photograph that is well developed and gets the point across in a simple and clean format. This water droplet on the leaf is very simple and gets the point across to one by making you feel relaxed because of the softness and simplicity in the picture. 

Symmetrical Balance- Each side of the picture is balanced out with the exact same subject. The two fences are identical and so are the trees. They are on opposite sides and practically mirror each other. 

Compositional Match Game

Image	E/P of Design	Rational
	Frame	The wood is framing the object through the circle.
	Repetition	The leaves are repeating and the same.
	Bird's Eye View	We are looking down at the shadows.
	Rule of Thirds	The bird is the focal point at one of the thirds.
	Symmetrical Balance	Each side of the photo is balanced out with the same thing.
	Vertical Lines	The lines of the buildings are vertical and all of them are pointing up and down.
	Unity	The pencils are all connected with different colors.
	Asymmetrical Balance	The photo is balanced out but with different objects.
	Leading Lines	The lines make your eyes go to the back of this hall.
	Horizontal Lines	The lines made by the trees make you look side to side.
	Diagonal Lines	The colorful lines lead you into the water diagonally.
	Proportion and Scale	The people are extremely tiny.
	Texture	The picture can almost make you feel the texture of the rope.
	Curved Lines	The steps are curved slightly to make your eyes move with them.
	Movement and Rhythm	The birds are all facing different ways which makes your eyes move in different direction.
	Worms eye view	The picture almost makes you feel as small as a worm because you are looking up at the subject.
	Emphasis	The grey versus the bright green gives the little plant emphasis.
	Variety	There are a bunch of different colors and pieces of candy in this picture that gives in variety.
	Simplicity	The whole picture is just an egg with a plain, white background. It is very simple.
	Horizon Line	The picture has emphasis on the sky (horizon line)

What Is Composition?

After the reading complete the following questions on a blog post:

      1.     What is composition                           
      2.     What is it important to understand & utilize composition in photography?

      3.     Describe aspects of a “snapshot”.

      4.     Describe aspects of a “photograph”.

      5.     “Photography is the art of ________________________”
a.     Describe what interests you the most about this art form or what drew you
                                to this form of communication.

  

                     Composition is the way visual elements are put together within the frame of a photo. In photography, elements are simple units of composition that cannot be broken down. The most important ones are: light, line, motion, perspective, shape, and texture. These  elements come together in almost all photos to create an effect on the viewer. A great photographer utilizes many elements correctly to create that effect. You can mix and match these elements to make your picture unique too. A snapshot does not pull any emotions from anyone viewing it. It simply does not tell a story and is just a simple picture from a simple point of view. A photograph is unique with the angels of it. It tells a story and gives the viewer some sort of emotion by using composition It's necessary to understand composition so that you can apply to all of your photos. Photography is the art of discovery. 

Quiz B "Camera Basics"

 Photo: 1
ISO: 6400
f/3.5
SS: 0.8
CWB
Manual Mode
To make sure that I had a clear back ground (large depth of field) I turned my aperture to the lowest number possible and made sure nothing was blurry.


Photo: 2          
ISO: 6400
f/14.0
SS: 0.4
CWB
Manual Mode
To make sure that my sister was blurry, I put the shutter speed to a very slow one. Also, I made sure that the background was in complete focus (I had the lowest aperture number that the camera would allow me to have).

 Photo 3:
ISO: 6400
f/3.5
SS: 0.8
CWB
Manual Mode
To make sure that I had noise and grain in the photo, I turned off all of the lights in the room and put the ISO to the highest number to create that grain and noise.



 Photo 4:
ISO: 6400
f/4.0
SS: 1/60
CWB
AV Mode
To take this picture, I put it on the aperture priority mode on to make sure that the background was completely blurred out. I also put on a ten second timer to take a selife with my sister. :)

Summary: I am very pleased about what I have learned this unit. I am very excited because I can now take a photo of any scenario and have good outcomes of them. I can manipulate the Aperture, ISO, Shutter Speed, and other things to take an ideal photograph. This unit has made me completely comfortable behind the camera at any given time and for any situation. 

Focal Length

24 ISO 400 Manual Mode AWB SS: 1/500

35 ISO 400 Manual Mode AWB SS: 1/800 f/8.0

18  ISO 400 Manual Mode AWB SS: 1/500 f/8.0

55 ISO 400 Manual Mode AWB SS: 1/800 f/8.0

If used correctly, focal lengths are very useful. You can use them to express your focal point in your picture. If you want to have a chaotic photo, you would use the smallest focal length there is (18). This includes all of the things going around you. On the other hand, if you want a simple and sweet photo, you would use the largest focal length (55). Depending on your style, focal length can help you deliver the message you are trying to in your pictures.