I shoot FILM Basic Strategies in Reading Photographs Of course, you know what you like. But would you like to know more about how a photograph is composed? By learning what visual elements the artist uses to communicate with you, you may appreciate better why you like or don't like a particular work of art. In the presentation below, the concepts are illustrated with photographic works. Click on the work for a larger image of it and then click on BACK to return to the presentation. Nuovo thanks the Museum of Photographic Art (MOPA) in San Diego for allowing us to adopt one of their papers for this presentation. Index Objective: To develop visual literacy Learn the basic vocabulary used in formal analyses in the visual arts Combine content information with formal analysis to "read" (analyze) photographs To enhance your appreciation of photography it is necessary to develop the skills to make careful visual analysis. Formal analysis provides a basic common language in the visual arts.
Foto Aprendiz. Fotografía digital. How to Analyze Composition by Digital Photo Secrets Today we’re going to have a look at how to analyze the composition of an image. Assuming that you have the exposure right and taken the lens cap off, you should end up with some nice images. A really great image, though, has to be well composed. Here are the points to watch out for. The Rule of Thirds For hundreds of years, masters of composition have recognized that things look better if they are in the ratio 2:1. This belief comes from the fact that the ratio 1:1.6 (which looks almost the same as 1:2) occurs a lot in nature. You may need to do this with your imagination, but most cameras will offer the option of displaying these divisions within the viewfinder (try playing around with the view options on your own camera). Dominance and Subordination This one is pretty important. To make a subject dominant, you can make it brighter, bigger, or more warm-colored. The red and blue bloom of the main firework above is the part of the image that the eyes are drawn to. Unity and Coherence
Le Journal de la Photographie April 2013 Photo A Day: It's time to have a bucketload of fun! | #FMSphotoaday April is here! So, grab your phone/camera and get ready for some fun. See below how to play, or if you’re an old hat at this – just get started! How to play! Playing along with photo a day is super easy:♥ Check out the April photo a day list.♥ Each day look at the daily prompt and take a photo according to whatever the prompt is. Where to play? There are loads of places to be social and share your photos with the #FMSphotoaday community: ♥ Instagram: Just upload your photo, use a fancy filter, add a caption and the hashtag #FMSphotoaday and then share.♥ Facebook: There are a few options here. How do I remember the prompts? There are a few ways you can grab the list or remember the prompts:♥ Come back here each day and click the button on the right-hand side to check out the list.♥ Right-click on the list above and save it to your desktop. What’s the fab four? What do the prompts mean? There are no rules when playing along with photo a day, you can be creative as you like! Thank you everyone!
THE TUESDAY GROUP Henry Hargreaves Photographs Death Row's Final Meals Henry Hargreaves is no TV chef. Rather than trying to save the country one school dinner at a time or “throw together a crostini”, he’s found a name for himself making and photographing such gastronomical fancies as edible rainbows and deep fried iPads. But it's his No Seconds project that he's become best known for, in which he recreated the last meals of various serial killers on death row and presented them in a chilling photo series. Looking through the set gives you a tangible, almost sensory window into the minds of condemned men. VICE: Hey Henry. Do you think the meals offer a window into the psyche of the condemned? Is the project a statement about the death penalty? There are a few weird requests in there – the Lord of the Rings DVD stands out as one of the weirder ones. Did you prepare all the meals yourself? The single olive is one of the more poignant images. So you think most of the requests are the inmates making a conscious final statement to the world? Yeah.
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