My Work
Including pieces from this semester on creativity, camera settings and learning about them and using them to capture certain effects in photography, and dynamics of photos like lighting, texture and what it's capturing.
Exposure- controlled by the aperture, shutter speed and ISO
Aperture: how much light gets into the camera
f/2.8= large aperture, a lot of light, shallow depth of field (good for photographing food and babies)
f/22= small aperture, a small amount of light, deep depth of field (good for photographing landscapes)
Shutter speed- determines how fast the light gets into the camera
1/60th of a second is the fastest for handheld photographs, otherwise use a tripod for anything slower
1/250th of a second or faster for freezing action
1/10th of a second or slower for nighttime photographs with a tripod
ISO- determines the sensitivity of the light
ISO 100- bright and sunny day
ISO 400- in the shade
ISO 800- inside
ISO 1600+- nighttime
Camera Settings:
M= Manual = you control the aperture and shutter speed for the exposure
S= Shutter Priority= shutter speed is the priority over aperture= use when movement is the most important element
A= Aperture Priority= aperture is the priority over shutter speed= use when want shallow or deep depth of field (i.e. food or landscape)
P= Program= camera determines what the best exposure is for the subject
Compositional Terms
Rule of thirds= most important subject is in the third quadrant of the photograph
Leading line= a pathway carries your eyes through the photograph
Simplicity= the subject is straightforward with a plain background
Symmetry= the two subjects are parallel and echo each other
Framing= your subject is framed by something like a window frame, gazebo, tree branches, etc
Crop= your subject is close up and shows detail and texture
Vantage Points= Where you stand when you are taking the photograph. Be sure to vary your position when taking the shot!
Worm's eye view- you are down on the ground
Bird's eye view- you are high above the subject
Side angle- you are to the side of the subject
Elements of Art
The building blocks of design
Color= warm colors/red, orange, yellow cool colors/ blue, green Primary colors: red, yellow, blue Monochromatic: shades of one color
Line= the first thing you see is a line throughout the composition
Value= the light and dark of a photograph
Space= how something goes out in the distance, or positive and negative space
Shape= organic- in nature inorganic- manmade (i.e. you would not see a rectangle in nature)
Form= three dimensional
Texture=surface detail of a subject, i.e. detail of fur
Principles of Art
The glue that sticks the design together
Unity= all elements work together, even unusual objects (i.e. the girl holding a monkey in a golden field)
Proportion= how something looks in size compared to another, i.e. a small person next to a mountain
Rhythm= repeated elements, like several sailboats in a row
Harmony= everything meshes together, like a sunset on a lake
Balance= symmetry- butterfly wings
Emphasis= the first thing a person looks at
Variety= something unusual in the photograph that you wouldn't see ordinarily
Aperture: how much light gets into the camera
f/2.8= large aperture, a lot of light, shallow depth of field (good for photographing food and babies)
f/22= small aperture, a small amount of light, deep depth of field (good for photographing landscapes)
Shutter speed- determines how fast the light gets into the camera
1/60th of a second is the fastest for handheld photographs, otherwise use a tripod for anything slower
1/250th of a second or faster for freezing action
1/10th of a second or slower for nighttime photographs with a tripod
ISO- determines the sensitivity of the light
ISO 100- bright and sunny day
ISO 400- in the shade
ISO 800- inside
ISO 1600+- nighttime
Camera Settings:
M= Manual = you control the aperture and shutter speed for the exposure
S= Shutter Priority= shutter speed is the priority over aperture= use when movement is the most important element
A= Aperture Priority= aperture is the priority over shutter speed= use when want shallow or deep depth of field (i.e. food or landscape)
P= Program= camera determines what the best exposure is for the subject
Compositional Terms
Rule of thirds= most important subject is in the third quadrant of the photograph
Leading line= a pathway carries your eyes through the photograph
Simplicity= the subject is straightforward with a plain background
Symmetry= the two subjects are parallel and echo each other
Framing= your subject is framed by something like a window frame, gazebo, tree branches, etc
Crop= your subject is close up and shows detail and texture
Vantage Points= Where you stand when you are taking the photograph. Be sure to vary your position when taking the shot!
Worm's eye view- you are down on the ground
Bird's eye view- you are high above the subject
Side angle- you are to the side of the subject
Elements of Art
The building blocks of design
Color= warm colors/red, orange, yellow cool colors/ blue, green Primary colors: red, yellow, blue Monochromatic: shades of one color
Line= the first thing you see is a line throughout the composition
Value= the light and dark of a photograph
Space= how something goes out in the distance, or positive and negative space
Shape= organic- in nature inorganic- manmade (i.e. you would not see a rectangle in nature)
Form= three dimensional
Texture=surface detail of a subject, i.e. detail of fur
Principles of Art
The glue that sticks the design together
Unity= all elements work together, even unusual objects (i.e. the girl holding a monkey in a golden field)
Proportion= how something looks in size compared to another, i.e. a small person next to a mountain
Rhythm= repeated elements, like several sailboats in a row
Harmony= everything meshes together, like a sunset on a lake
Balance= symmetry- butterfly wings
Emphasis= the first thing a person looks at
Variety= something unusual in the photograph that you wouldn't see ordinarily