Working with Silhouettes

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Lighting

  Rembrandt

Natural Light: Shade

Existing Light: Side

Silhouette

Split

Existing Light: 45 Degree

Existing Light: Back Light

Butterfly

Natural Light: Soft Light

Existing Light: Front

Loop

Direct Light

Natural Light: Shade

Artificial Light: Soft

Artificial Light (Multiple Sources): Reflector

Posters

Elements and Principles of Design

Leading Lines: A picture in the posters uses this element, it leads the eye to another point in the image.

Vertical Lines: Some pictures have vertical lines and it gives variety to the pictures.

Emphasis: Most of the pictures focus on one object which is the center of the image.

Simplicity: The pictures are very simple but they give examples of what I was doing that day.

Variety: All the different kinds of animals.

Meaning of the photographs:

The pictures show what I was doing that day. I went to the Farm Show, it made me think of when I was little and how much I enjoyed to go see animals at the Farm Show. 

The benefits of utilizing compositional strategies: 

It really helps when taking pictures because you go beyond and think more before taking a picture. It helps you with making a photograph more interesting and it makes you see more than a simple photograph but all the elements and thoughts that came with it. 

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Elements Video

Composition Shooting Assignmeny

Elements

Leadings lines: lines within an image that leads the eye to another point in the image.

Leading lines lead up and make the eye focus up.

Vertical lines: they give the ability to convey a variety of different moods.

The lines are vertical.

Horizontal lines: conveys a message of ‘stability’ or even ‘rest’.

Creates a calm sense and lines go horizontal.

Diagonal lines: can create a dynamic and uplifting mood in your images. 

The color pencils are tilted and it makes the effect of diagonal lines.

Curved lines: They are also used as a popular design technique for leading the eye into the frame. 

The stairs are curved.

Symmetrical Balance: Balanced proportions, equally the same on both sides.

Both of the sides are the same.

Asymmetrical Balance: Created with odd or mismatched elements, they are different on both sides.

Both of the sides are different.

Unity: All elements of a piece work together to produce a balanced, harmonious, complete whole.

The hands are holding on strongly.

Variety: Combines elements and uses them in different ways in one photgraph.

The different color crayons show variety.

Movement/Rhythm: A movement in which some elements recurs regularly.

The way the object is spinning gives the effect of movement.

Emphasis: An area or object within the artwork that draws attention and becomes a focal point.

The focal point is on the red pencil.

Proportion/Scale: The size of an object in relationship to another object.

The difference in size between the shoes.

Repetition/Pattern: Repeating visual elements such as line, color, shape and texture.

There is a pattern.

Bird's Eye View:  Is shown from directly above. 

The image gives the effect of bird's eye view because it is taken from above.

Worm's Eye View: A view from below or from an inferior position.

The picture is taken from a low angle so it gives the worm's eye view effect.

Horizon Line: Horizontal lines can lend a lazy, calm feeling to a photograph.

Horizontal lines

Rule of Thirds: Applied by aligning a subject with the guide lines and their intersection points.

The guide lines intersect in different points in the picture.

Framing: Drawing attention to the subject of your image by blocking other parts of the image with something in the scene.

The hand is blocking out other parts of the picture to center the sun.

Simplicity: Keeping a photograph relatively simple. 

There is not much to the picture, it is very simple.

Texture: One way of drawing the viewer's attention into the image. Photographs that use this technique create impact by showing different textures.

The tree bark has a very rough texture.