Major Assignment: Photography Composition

READ ENTIRE ASSIGNMENT. For creating your Composition Page, you'll need a camera (or camera phone) to find at least one example of the following types of composition (see below). Be sure to include the whole photo images, do not cut out part of the photo or reshape it by cutting it.

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SHOOT TO FRAME (We'll talk about what this means). Use only real photographs, no digitally altered or animated collages. No photographs that are really images of paintings or drawings. Craftsmanship is an important part of your grade, so be neat and do label each photo with its composition type. The final product will be a 18 images.  

**You may view today's PowerPoint presentation from Classroom if you missed anything during the class's lecture, it is titled Photo Composition.**

1. The Pictures you need to take: You may shoot at home, outside, etc. 

Leading Line – a line that leads you visually to an object or that leads into the distance creating depth. (1)

Rhythm – Objects repeating in a picture creating a feeling of depth or emphasis. (1)

Framing – shooting through something to get the main subject behind it. The subject is “framed” by something in the foreground. (1)

Horizontal – picture is wider than it is tall. (1)

Vertical – picture is taller than it is wide. (1)

Informal Balance – different things catch your eye, not just one. (multiple objects – tends to be asymmetrical.) (1)

Formal Balance – both sides of the picture are similar (symmetrical.) (1)

High Key – bright, intense, active. (1)

Low key – dark, less intense, inactive. (1)

Silhouette – The lighting comes from behind the subject in your picture. (1)

Angle – up, down, straight. Find one of each. (3)

Distance – close, medium, far. Find one of each. (3)

Focus – soft and sharp. Find one of each. (2)

THE PAGE on your Google Site:

All of your images, centered (yes, you may edit in Photoshop quickly if needed)

1 CAPTION, IN YOUR OWN WORDS, explaining what element the image represents

Example of a finished image:

Lighting:

This image is an example of side lighting, which communicates strong emotion.
It was created by sitting model with window on one side of her face in a dark room, no flash.  

1. Create a new page on your Google Sites: Title Page: Photography Composition

2. Insert your images

3. Caption each image (like above example) Include your definition and explanation 

4.PREVIEW your post, make sure it looks good, it's legible, and is aesthetically pleasing.

5. Publish your post. Many of you are creating posts and not publishing them, which is not finishing the assignment because it does not show up on your blog