By Michael Flax. ______________________________ ______________________________...

By Michael Flax

Components of

Photography

Focal Point_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Without a focal point the viewer’s eye will wander around the picture trying to figure out what the picture is all about.

Rule of Thirds

Avoid center of the frame syndrome___________________________________

Break the viewfinder into nine sections

Rule of ThirdsCompose your frame so that your focal point

is at one of the intersections in the viewfinder.

Foreground/ Background Framing

Creates an ____________________________________ ______________________________________________.

Shows scale and depth.

Leading LinesDraws your viewer ____________ your focal

point.

Repeating PatternsRepetition of form is pleasing to the eye and

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Try to fill your frame with the pattern; then break the pattern with your focal point.

Repeating PatternsMakes it stand out.

Horizontal/ Vertical Lines

Lines represented in the photo either directly vertical or horizontal

Do not use in the center; _____________________________________________________________________________________________.

Camera Angle

Look for the __________________________________.

Shoot high and shoot low.______________________________________________.The unusual angle will ‘___________’ your

viewer to look at your picture a little longer.

Selective Focus

Use ________________________________ to control what you want to emphasize or play down in a photograph.

Selective FocusThe less light available, the

____________________ ______________________________________________.

Less light allows for the _______________________ ______________, allowing to capture ______________________________________________.

Cropping

Used for the printing of the photo.

Where composing in the viewfinder does not achieve what you are looking for, like an extreme horizontal or vertical shape.

Effective cropping can ____________________________________________________________

Vertical & HorizontalShoot both for visual variety and impact.We don’t see vertically, so shooting this way

often forces us to see in a different way.

Kenney, James H. Associate Professor. WKU. 270.745.6307. james.kenny@wku.edu.

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