This document discusses various techniques for effective photography including composition principles such as rule of thirds, simplicity, perspective, depth, lighting, framing, and improving photos through experimenting with different angles, compositions, and perspectives. It also covers using shape, line, pattern, and texture to create mood and catch attention. Elements like overlapping forms, selective focusing, and side lighting can create depth without high contrast.

1. Basic photography— Art, composition, and computer principles

2. What makes these images effective?

3. Creating mood Overall feel of a picture Created by Perspective Focus (isolation and distance) Weather and light Sunrise/sunset Misty, rainy days Sun vs. overcast

4. Characteristics of a good photo Shape Line Pattern Texture

5. Shape Tends to be noticed first, before texture and pattern

7. Line Lines create Shape Pattern Depth Perspective Line leads the eye Diagonals S-curves

8. Line creates perspective Lines into the horizon show depth and perspective for the viewer Vanishing point Point at which lines converge and vanish in to the horizon Place off-center Close-ups decrease perspective while wide-angles can exaggerate it

14. Pattern Orderly combination of shape, line, or color Pattern can help echo the character of a photo Catching attention Random patterns Slight variation in a pattern Pattern in common places

16. Texture Adds realism (sense of touch) to a photo Side lighting highlights texture Most portraits use front lighting to decrease texture on skin

18. Using light for depth Soft side lighting can give a sense of shape and depth without high contrast Portraits Still life When shape/depth is more important that texture

20. Giving perspective Linear—Lines which converge into the distance Diminishing size—objects further away are smaller Aerial perspective—atmosphere creates haze, which lightens objects farther away

22. Depth and perspective Overlapping forms—overlapping objects in a picture create depth and distance Selective focusing—focusing on the foreground and blurring the background

25. Improving composition Rule of thirds Simplicity Angle and perspective Framing

26. Have a strong center of interest Take pictures at different angles with different compositions Work around the rule of thirds

29. Simplicity One strong center of interest

31. Cut offs Avoiding cutting out parts or wholes of people or main subjects Avoiding cutting out the path of a moving object

32. Give the object some-where to go

34. Working with angles Low angles Clear sky backdrop High angle Eliminate cloudy sky 45 degree angles will cut glare Avoid centered horizons

37. Balance Balance color and weight in a picture Formal and informal Symmetrical and asymmetrical

39. Fill the frame Would this picture look better if it were closer? Long range shots provide depth and perspective

42. Uploading Photos