Photo composition How To Capture The Moment

What will you learn? Recognize the value of quality pictures Recognize the basics of photographic composition Recognize common photographic problems

The photograph is a story, a series of connected sentences Compose your photo to increase its expressiveness Why Compose A Photo?

Dominant Subject One main subject Composition helps viewer know where to look Susanna jakubik

Dominant Subject Susanna jakubik

Dominant Subject

Susanna jakubik

Dominant subject Lillie edwards

Dominant subject Jordan chappelear

Dominant subject Maxx keener

Dominant Subject Susanna jakubik

Dominant subject Maxx keener

Rule of Thirds The subject is placed off-center Divide the frame into thirds horizontally and vertically, and place the subject at an intersection

Rule of Thirds

Taylor mckeown

Rule of Thirds Ryan do

Rule of Thirds Gia robert

Rule of thirds Gabrielle metoyer

Rule of Thirds Camrie mcwilliams

Rule of Thirds Susanna jakubik

Rule of Thirds Caroline petrie

Rule of Thirds Lillie edwards

Rule of Thirds Susanna jakubik

Rule of Thirds Maxx keener

Rule of Thirds Callie grove

The photographer uses a fast shutter speed to give the effect of stopping motion Freezing Action Susanna jakubik

Freezing action Jody herring

Freezing action Gia robert

Freezing action Tori aitken

Freezing action Lillie edwards

Freezing Action Susanna jakubik

Freezing Action Susanna jakubik

Catches strong facial expression or body language Timing is vital Emotion Susanna jakubik

emotion Gia robert

emotion Callie grove

emotion Lillie edwards

emotion Daric miller

Emotion Susanna jakubik

emotion Susanna jakubik

Emotion Susanna jakubik

emotion Jody herring

emotion Susanna jakubik

emotion Susanna jakubik

emotion Autumn soliman

emotion Susanna jakubik

emotion Susanna jakubik

emotion Jody herring

Taken from below Makes small things look huge Adds interest to the subject Worm’s Eye View Arva bharmal

Worm’s Eye View Susanna jakubik

Worm’s Eye View Aiyana baptiste

Worm’s Eye View Brandon smith

Worm’s Eye View Taylor mckeown

Worm’s Eye View Susanna jakubik

Worm’s Eye View Sarah grizzle

Worm’s Eye View Jordan chappelear

Worm’s Eye View Jordan chappelear

Worm’s Eye View Riley labus

Worm’s Eye View Jessica salais

Worm’s Eye View Felton blaylock

Worm’s eye view When shooting women, try to avoid worm’s eye Men LOVE it, though! Susanna jakubik

Taken from above Can make big things appear smaller Bird’s Eye View Susanna jakubik

Bird’s Eye View Jessica roach

Bird’s Eye View Gia robert

Bird’s Eye View Dominic guerra

Bird’s Eye View Daric miller

Subject is framed by an element within the picture Draws interest to the dominant subject Framing

framing Courtney miller

framing Caroline petrie

framing Susanna jakubik

Framing

Riley labus

1.Dominant subject 2.Rule of thirds 3.Freezing action 4.Emotion 5.Worm’s Eye 6.Bird’s Eye 7.Framing Composition principles recap

Assignment – photo composition identification Locate one photo representing each of the previously discussed photo composition rules – Can be from the web or one you’ve taken Create a “photo composition” subfolder in your “photo journalism” OneDrive folder for storage Label each photo (they should be JPG files) with your last name, composition rule and class period – Smith dominant subject 4 – Smith freezing action 6 Share the folder with Mrs. J via OneDrive by midnight on Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Assignment: photo composition photo shoot Using your personal cameras and the seven photo composition rules you learned last week, take three photos of each photo composition rule We will be taking photos as a class on Wednesday and Thursday On Monday, create a folder inside your “Photo Journalism” OneDrive folder titled “[ last name ] Photo Composition.” All photos need to be downloaded from your camera to this folder, and each should be titled [your last name] [composition rule] [photo number] [class period] – Smith dominant subject 1 4 – Smith freezing action 2 4 You will share the entire folder with me via OneDrive (this is a different method of turning in that I think will work better for ya’ll). All photos must be turned in by midnight on Monday, 12 September – You will have time in class on Monday to save, rename and turn in your photos. Bring your download devices!