Photography

Lighting: Side light-creates more form

Lighting: reflective light, white walls, middle of day

Lighting: changing perspectives- Above, bellow, around

Lighting: have emphasis change directions, or you change directions to find the best lighting

Lighting: Direct light will flatten

Lighting: direct lighting is good if there is 2 light sources

Lighting: direct light can be nice on portraits because it has less shadows

Lighting: direct light- squinting

Lighting: light behind

Composition: rules of thirds

Composition: exact center is sometimes not as interesting

Composition: Power of quadrants

Take a lot of pictures Choose your favorite Change perspectives The more chances you have to get it perfect

Perspective & relationship of photographer with the emphasis

Leading lines: legs, arms

Leading lines: roads or pathways

Leading lines: curves, or movement

Negative space: a lot of negative space looks nice

Unity: simplification

Unity: less is more

Unity: limiting negative space

Unity: repetition

Emphasis Blurring the background

Creating a feeling/mood

Family photos

Variety

Directing Poses to create a feeling/story

Telling a story

Back ground: What to blur and what to clarify?

Outside photography: mid day is not as nice looking

Sunset With your emphasis

Sunrise

shadows

Motion

Foreground

midground

Touch ups

Quality of camera & know your camera

Photography and filters A photograph tends to not be valued if it is filtered too abstractly from the original photograph If used well, can make a nice addition Should look like a photograph, not a filtered photograph if you are wanting it to be in a photography contest, hired as a photographer, entering in a gallery as a photographer

Portraits Uniqueness of the individual Personality “you” Take many photos

Contrast

Combination of all these things will create a magical photograph

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