1. Components of Photography By Michael Flax

2. Focal Point ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ _______________________. Without a focal point the viewer’s eye will wander around the picture trying to figure out what the picture is all about.

3. Rule of Thirds Avoid center of the frame syndrome ___________________________________ Break the viewfinder into nine sections

4. Rule of Thirds Compose your frame so that your focal point is at one of the intersections in the viewfinder.

5. Foreground/ Background Framing Creates an ____________________________________ ______________________________________________. Shows scale and depth.

6. Leading Lines Draws your viewer ____________ your focal point.

7. Repeating Patterns Repetition of form is pleasing to the eye and ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ______________________. Try to fill your frame with the pattern; then break the pattern with your focal point.

8. Repeating Patterns Makes it stand out.

9. Horizontal/ Vertical Lines Lines represented in the photo either directly vertical or horizontal Do not use in the center; ___________________________________________________________ __________________________________.

10. Camera Angle Look for the __________________________________. Shoot high and shoot low. ______________________________________________. The unusual angle will ‘___________’ your viewer to look at your picture a little longer.

11. Selective Focus Use ________________________________ to control what you want to emphasize or play down in a photograph.

12. Selective Focus The less light available, the ____________________ ______________________________________________. Less light allows for the _______________________ ______________, allowing to capture ______________________________________________.

13. Cropping Used for the printing of the photo. Where composing in the viewfinder does not achieve what you are looking for, like an extreme horizontal or vertical shape. Effective cropping can _______________________________ _____________________________

14. Vertical & Horizontal Shoot both for visual variety and impact. We don’t see vertically, so shooting this way often forces us to see in a different way.

15. Works Cited Kenney, James H. Associate Professor. WKU. 270.745.6307. james.kenny@wku.edu.