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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.
