Activity 4

Activity 4

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Collect one image where the photographer has placed the main subject off center and retained a sense of balance and one image where the photographer has placed the main subject off center and created a sense of imbalance.
Discuss the possible intentions of the photographer in creating each image.
Create four images, placing the focal point and/or visual weight in different areas of the frame. Discuss whether each image is balanced.

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Here is an off centered photo. The girl which is the main focus is off to the side rather then in the center.  But yet there is still a sense of balance. 

This photo has the main subjects off center
but has a sense of imbalance. For one, there
is an odd number of people in the photo so
it does create a sense of imbalance. And because
the horizon line is to level in this picture. 

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Activity 3:

Find two examples of Photographs that follow the Rule of Thirds and two examples that do not. Comment briefly on why and how you think the composition works.

Two examples of Photographs that follow the Rule of Thirds:

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 Both of these pictures follow the Rule of Thirds Rule because both the focal points are on the left line or the right line. Such as the top picture, the boy is slightly to the right while the picture on the bottom, the tree is slightly to the left. 

Two examples of Photographs that do not follow the Rule of Thirds Rule: 

Yuri Pauttov

Adele Humphries

 These two pictures do not follow the Rule of Thirds  because the focal point is centered. Theses pictures are more of symmetry than Rule of Thirds. 

Frame & Composition: Activity 1

Activity 1

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Look through assorted photographic websites and observe how many photographers have moved in very close to their subjects. By employing this technique the photographer is said to ‘fill the frame’ and make their photographs more dramatic. Find two examples of how photographers seek simple backgrounds to remove unwanted detail and to help keep the emphasis or ‘focal point’ on the subject. Attach two images you find to your reply to this discussion. 

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In this picture, the surroundings are blurred so that the focal point is the eye. The bright sun colors create a happy mood while the bright blue eye creates a calming effect. The photographer zoomed extremly close to show all the details of the eye. 

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For this picture, the mountains and grass in the background are blurred out while the ball and the grass closest to the camera is in focus. The photoagrapher put the ball and the grass as the main focal point.