Digital Photography and Imaging / WEEK 2 - Practical

30/08/2021
Esther Vanessa [0350751]
Digital Photography and Imaging
WEEK 2 - Practical

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LECTURE

Introduction to Basic Composition

• Focal Point – helps eyes to settle on the important pieces of the design
• Scale & Hierarchy – drawing attention towards and away from certain elements
• Human eye will read left first then see the picture on the right, incorporates how left and right brain works (refer to figure 1.1)

Figure 1.1 for scale and hierarchy

• Balance the elements – each element has a weight to it (the depth and space)
• White space – empty space to balance up the focal point, helps design to breathe

Figure 1.2 Utilizing white space

Rule of Thirds

• Process of dividing images into thirds using two horizontal and two vertical lines

Figure 1.3 Rule of Thirds

• By putting the most important elements on the intersection point it will produce a more natural image
• Using rule of thirds to
• Use composition techniques with what’s naturally pleasing to the eye
• Create harmony between subject and background
• Creatively utilize negative space

Figure 1.4 Utilizing rule of thirds

Golden Ratio

• Commonly found in nature
• Create harmony and proportion
• Provides sense of artistry
• Useful to determine dimension of layout

Figure 1.5 Utilizing golden ratio

Composition (Framing and Cropping)

• Single shot
• Clean (no other elements of character) or Dirty

Figure 1.6 Single Shot

• Two shot
• Orientation can vary, both faces must be clearly visible - visual relationship between each other

Figure 1.7 Two shot

• Three shot, Four shot and so on
• Crowd Shot

Figure 1.8 Crowd shot

• Over the Shoulder shot
• Hybrid between single and two shot - only focus on one character
• Perspectives from both sides

Figure 1.9 Over the Shoulder shot

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INSTRUCTION

TASK

We are to choose and identify your collage's design elements to be cut out and compose it into our own concept & story. From then on we are supposed to arrange the elements and put it into a design, applying the principles and concept we learnt during the lecture. Afterwards we are to take pictures of the 3 designs of we have collaged. Here are the three final results I have.

Figure 1.10 Composition #1

Figure 1.11 Composition #2

Figure 1.12 Composition #3

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FEEDBACK

The feedback I got from Mr Fauhzi is that I did a nice work and should keep Composition #1 for the submission in the future.