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.

Understanding Exposure Modes

AV

P

A-DEP

M

TV

P: The camera selects both the aperture and
shutter speed for you, but you can choose from different combinations of the two. f/8.0  SS: 1/60  AWB ISO 400


AV: The camera focuses on the shutter speed and you pick the aperture you want. f/8.0 SS: 1/100  AWB ISO 400


A-DEP: The camera pics the depth of field and tries to choose an aperture setting that keeps all those objects within the zone of sharp focus. Then the camera sets the appropriate shutter speed. f/10.0 SS: 1/125  AWB ISO 400

M: You are control of everything. You get to set the ISO, shutter speed, aperture, and etc. f/8.0  SS: 1/80  AWB ISO 400


TV:  You select the shutter speed you want and the camera picks the appropriate aperture. f/8.0  SS: 1/80  AWB ISO 400

Understanding White Balance

Cloudy  f/5.6  SS: 1/15  ISO: 800

AWB f/5.6  SS: 1/15  ISO: 800

Custom f/5.6  SS: 1/15  ISO: 800

Daylight f/5.6  SS: 1/15  ISO: 800

Tungsten f/5.6  SS: 1/15  ISO: 800

Flash f/5.6  SS: 1/15  ISO: 800

White Fluorescent f/5.6 SS: 1/15 ISO: 800

White Balance is different sources of light that produces different colors.  It is very important to set your white balance correctly because as you can see, some pictures have an ugly yellow. White balance can remove the color casts so that your objects appear as white in the picture as they do in your eyes. 

Understanding ISO

ISO is the sensitivity towards light. For example, at night time you would want to shoot with a higher ISO number so that the picture would have more light. When you have a higher ISO number, the picture tends to have more grain to it. When it is very bright out, you would want to use a lower ISO number so that the camera is not very sensitive to the light. When you have a high ISO number, you want to have a fast shutter speed to make sure that not too much light is coming in. When you have

 a low ISO, you want to have a longer 

shutter speed so that you have enough time to get light in.