Tuesday, October 22, 2013

October 22, 2013


The Visual Qualities of Good Photography

  • remember Arthur Klass?

  1. Focus
  • if you are trying to show the subject, make sure it’s in focus  
  • a typical start for marking
  • bad focus comes from low lighting and distance from subject
  • smart phone has autofocus - choose carefully

  1. Lighting

  • where the highlights are is where the lights are - opposing area is shadow
  • there are two styles of lighting we will think about
  • a) naturalistic - sunlight, typical, we see it everyday and it’s “normal”
  • b) expressionistic - more emotional, designed and chosen or built by lighting kits

  1. Angles and Focal Length
  • angle is the horizontal orientation
  • angle is also on the subject
  • the orientation of the subject IN the frame
  • long, medium, close

  1. Balance
  • the layout of “things” within the frame
  • subject, BG, FG, etc

  1. Dynamic Line
- angles and diagonal action, lines and energy in a frame

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