Photography Techniques Identify the Elements Principles in this

Photography Techniques

§ Identify the Elements & Principles in this photograph.

§ Start a New Unit: Rules of Composition § Learning Goal § Notes on Composition, Golden Ratio & Rule of Thirds § Magazine Pictures § Tomorrow: Outside – bring your camera

“Rules of Composition”

COMPOSITION § The placement or arrangement of visual elements or ingredients in a work of art

GOLDEN RATIO (OR SPIRAL) § It is a geometric constant, a spatial property that encapsulates balance, and an idealized proportionality. § Can be observed in flower petals, seed heads, pinecones, spiral galaxies, hurricanes, tree branches, seashells, DNA molecules, human and animal anatomy

§ A compositional technique whereby you divide your picture into thirds, placing important items at the intersections § Land or sea horizon lines should follow the top or bottom horizontal lines § Some call this technique an oversimplification of the Golden Ratio

What should be adjusted to correctly follow the Rule of Thirds?

§ Find 2 examples of the Rule of Thirds in a Photograph § Draw the Grid on top of your images to demonstrate that the Rule of Thirds is being applied

§Does this Photograph follow the Rule of Thirds?

§Learning Goal §Review Rule of Thirds §Assign Cameras §Outside to shoot Rule of Thirds

Students will understand the following Rules of Composition: § Rule of Thirds § Framing § Symmetry § Leading Line

§ Loosely based on the Golden Ratio, or “divine proportion” § Lines are evenly spaced apart, dividing the composition into thirds

Focal points must follow the vertical lines, especially where lines intersect

§ Photograph a minimum of 3 “Rule of Thirds” photos, capturing: § A person as the focal point § An object as the focal point § A plant as the focal point

§ Notes on Framing

§ The technique of drawing attention to the subject by using other objects to frame (create a border around) it