Photography Assignment Week 2
3 Part Assignment (really think one day for each of the following) - you will submit 16 images for each assignment -- take more pictures so you can choose your 16 best.
1. Rule of Thirds
Pick up your camera and use the rule of thirds to guide all your pictures. You read about the rule of thirds in the photography lesson. If you don't remember go back or Google it. Your subject is placed in such a way to make your picture more interesting and appealing to the eye.
phlearn.com/magazine/rule-of-thirds-how-to-use-it-in-your-photography/
1. Rule of Thirds
Pick up your camera and use the rule of thirds to guide all your pictures. You read about the rule of thirds in the photography lesson. If you don't remember go back or Google it. Your subject is placed in such a way to make your picture more interesting and appealing to the eye.
phlearn.com/magazine/rule-of-thirds-how-to-use-it-in-your-photography/
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2. Fill the Frame
Before we can figure out how to fill the frame, it is helpful to understand what we mean by a frame, because we’re not talking about hanging a photo on a wall. Not yet anyway. In photography when we talk about a frame, we’re talking about the image itself.
With regards to composition, framing is what is in the photo. The beauty, impact and creativity of a photograph is affected by how you frame it, what you include and what you exclude.
The edge of the photograph is the edge of the frame, and within it is the part of the scene you choose to capture.
What does it mean to fill the frame?
When you fill the frame with your subject, you fill the photograph with the subject. So you are making a clear statement of what is most important in the photo. As it takes up most, if not all, of the image the viewer is immediately drawn to your subject.
When we’re new to photography we tend not to fill the frame with the subject. Instead, we include too much background, foreground, other people and objects. This can be distracting and doesn’t immediately draw the viewer to the focal point of the photo, because it makes the viewer’s eye dance around a busy image. As a result the image loses impact if it’s too busy for the subject. Sometimes busy is good and what you want, but we’ll get to that in a minute.
By the same token, too much space around the subject can reduce the impact of the photo if there’s no reason for there to be space.
Filling the frame is the opposite of using negative space, another great composition technique. When you fill the frame you include mainly positive space. When it comes to composition, there is a time and place for each technique.
The trick is knowing why you’re using a particular technique, because that’s when you start creating strong images with impact.
thelenslounge.com/fill-the-frame-composition/
3. Go Black and White
Shooting only in black and white will help develop your creative eye, but in a different way. Because of their lack of colour, black and white photos depend on other factors, namely, lines, patterns, textures, shapes, and, of course, light and shadows, to retain the interest of viewers. Thus, learning to see in black and white is an important skill not just for black and white photos, but for colour photography too. After all, it’s often those fine details that make a good photo a great photo!
BONUS - A to Z challenge
Staying at home has been a challenge but let's try and make this a fun assignment. Find different objects around the house to photograph that start with each letter of the alphabet. Then put them in order in a photo gallery on your website. Maybe even add the word to show what letter it represents.
Nothing challenges your photographic creativity than having to hunt for a subject that corresponds to each letter of the alphabet. For a fun twist, photograph concepts that represent more difficult letters - a horse galloping in a field could represent Q for quick.
Over the course of a series of 26 photos, you’ll be challenged to find subject matter (let’s face it...X and Z are difficult!). But not only that, you’ll develop your photographer’s eye in the process.
Part of learning the craft of photography is seeing subjects worthy of photographing where other people do not. This project will help you do just that. Plus, this is one of the best home-based photography projects because it takes a lot of time off the clock.
You can post your pictures to your Weebly Website - use a gallery for each assignment and add a title.
Before we can figure out how to fill the frame, it is helpful to understand what we mean by a frame, because we’re not talking about hanging a photo on a wall. Not yet anyway. In photography when we talk about a frame, we’re talking about the image itself.
With regards to composition, framing is what is in the photo. The beauty, impact and creativity of a photograph is affected by how you frame it, what you include and what you exclude.
The edge of the photograph is the edge of the frame, and within it is the part of the scene you choose to capture.
What does it mean to fill the frame?
When you fill the frame with your subject, you fill the photograph with the subject. So you are making a clear statement of what is most important in the photo. As it takes up most, if not all, of the image the viewer is immediately drawn to your subject.
When we’re new to photography we tend not to fill the frame with the subject. Instead, we include too much background, foreground, other people and objects. This can be distracting and doesn’t immediately draw the viewer to the focal point of the photo, because it makes the viewer’s eye dance around a busy image. As a result the image loses impact if it’s too busy for the subject. Sometimes busy is good and what you want, but we’ll get to that in a minute.
By the same token, too much space around the subject can reduce the impact of the photo if there’s no reason for there to be space.
Filling the frame is the opposite of using negative space, another great composition technique. When you fill the frame you include mainly positive space. When it comes to composition, there is a time and place for each technique.
The trick is knowing why you’re using a particular technique, because that’s when you start creating strong images with impact.
thelenslounge.com/fill-the-frame-composition/
3. Go Black and White
Shooting only in black and white will help develop your creative eye, but in a different way. Because of their lack of colour, black and white photos depend on other factors, namely, lines, patterns, textures, shapes, and, of course, light and shadows, to retain the interest of viewers. Thus, learning to see in black and white is an important skill not just for black and white photos, but for colour photography too. After all, it’s often those fine details that make a good photo a great photo!
BONUS - A to Z challenge
Staying at home has been a challenge but let's try and make this a fun assignment. Find different objects around the house to photograph that start with each letter of the alphabet. Then put them in order in a photo gallery on your website. Maybe even add the word to show what letter it represents.
Nothing challenges your photographic creativity than having to hunt for a subject that corresponds to each letter of the alphabet. For a fun twist, photograph concepts that represent more difficult letters - a horse galloping in a field could represent Q for quick.
Over the course of a series of 26 photos, you’ll be challenged to find subject matter (let’s face it...X and Z are difficult!). But not only that, you’ll develop your photographer’s eye in the process.
Part of learning the craft of photography is seeing subjects worthy of photographing where other people do not. This project will help you do just that. Plus, this is one of the best home-based photography projects because it takes a lot of time off the clock.
You can post your pictures to your Weebly Website - use a gallery for each assignment and add a title.