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Photography
This document provides an introduction to various types and techniques of photography. It discusses landscape photography as photographs of the outdoors, portrait photography as photos of people that show emotion, and documentary photography as telling stories or presenting facts without changing them. It also covers photographic techniques like contrast between light and shadow, using the rule of thirds for subject placement, point of view or perspective, and proximity or getting close to the subject. Famous photographers like Ansel Adams, Sally Mann, Dorthea Lange, and others are referenced as examples.
Photography
- 1. 1 Introduction to Photography Childand her Mother - Dorthea Lange
- 2. 2 Photography is Artcreated by Light!
- 3. 3 What is Photography? Photographyis an art form like drawing and painting. Photographers use their camera to make us see life in a different way, feel emotions, and record stories and events.
- 4. 4 How a Cameraworks… When the shutter of a camera is opened, light passes through the lens and onto the film. The film is covered with chemicals that create a pattern of light on the film. This becomes the negative. Notice the inverted (upside-down) tree.
- 5. 5 There are threebasic styles of photography. Landscape Portrait Documentary
- 6. 6 Landscape Landscape is a photographof the environment. It could be the forest, mountains, oceans, or your backyard. Ansel Adams is a famous landscape photographer. Here is one of his images.
- 7. 7 Here is anotherof Ansel Adams Photographs
- 8. 8 What is LandscapePhotography? Landscape photography is a photograph of the outdoors. It could be of the land, water, or buildings.
- 9. 9 What do yousee in your landscape photograph?
- 10. 10 Portrait Photography Portrait photographyis a photo of a person or animal. It is important to show an emotion. Holding Virgina - Sally Mann Scared Angry Other… What is the emotion shown in this photo?
- 11. 11 Different Portrait Styles Rubenesque- Keith CarterLukasz Holma, Poland - Lauren Bacall Can you compare and contrast these photographs? How are they similar? How are they different?
- 12. 12 The Dress -Sally Mann Boy and Car, New York City - Jerome Liebling, 1949 More Portraits Portraits can be the whole body.
- 13. 13 What is PortraitPhotography? A portrait photograph is a picture of a person or animal that shows an emotional connection.
- 14. 14 What are someways you can make a portrait photograph creative and different from everyone else?
- 15. 15 Documentary Documentary photography presents facts withoutchanging anything. Good documentary photographs make you wonder what the story is behind the photograph. Migrant Mother - Dorthea Lange
- 16. 16 What are thestories in these photos?
- 17. 17 Where do youfind documentary photographs? Newspaper Magazines Internet Books
- 18. 18 Documentary photographs canbe either landscape or portrait. Dante’s View - 1938 Edward Weston Which photo shows a portrait, and which shows a landscape? Portrait Landscape
- 19. 19 What is Documentary Photography? DocumentaryPhotography tells a story without changing the facts. Remember that a good documentary photograph makes you wonder what the story is behind the picture! It can be a portrait or landscape.
- 20. 20 What stories canyou tell with your camera?
- 21. 21 Contrast Contrast refers tothe brightness between the light and shadow areas of a picture. Does this photograph have contrast? Mapplethorpe, Orchid and Leaf in White Vase 1982
- 22. 22 Does it havecontrast? What direction is the light on the trees coming from? Alfred Stieglitz - Icy Night, 1893
- 23. 23 What is Contrast? Contrastis the difference between light and shadow. Think about a flashlight in a dark room. Don’t think about zebras or pianos! LIGHTS SHADOWSSHADOWS
- 24. 24 Rule of Thirds Aphoto is more interesting if the subject is NOT directly in the center. Try placing your subject 1/3 to the left or right, or 1/3 from top or bottom.
- 25. 25 Which photograph doyou find more interesting? WHY? One photograph uses rule of thirds and the other uses central focus. Central Focus Rule of Thirds
- 26. 26 Point of View Tryselecting and unusual point of view. Where was the photographer standing for each picture? Eye Level Above Below
- 27. 27 Proximity Don’t be shy!Get close to your subject.
- 28. 28 are tools tohelp you MASTER the art of photography. Contrast, Rule of Thirds, Point of View, and Proximity
- 29. 29 “One should reallyuse the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind.” -Dorthea Lange