3 basic styles of phtography.ppt
- 1. 1 Introduction to Photography Child and her Mother - Dorthea Lange
- 2. 2 Photography is Art created by Light!
- 3. 3 What is Photography? Photography is an art form like drawing and painting. Photographers use their camera to make us see life in a different way, feel emotions, and record stories and events.
- 4. 4 How a Camera works… When the shutter of a camera is opened, light passes through the lens and onto the film. The film is covered with chemicals that create a pattern of light on the film. This becomes the negative. Notice the inverted (upside-down) tree.
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- 7. 7 There are three basic styles of photography. Landscape Portrait Documentary
- 8. 8 Landscape Landscape is a photograph of the environment. It could be the forest, mountains, oceans, or your backyard. Ansel Adams is a famous landscape photographer. Here is one of his images.
- 9. 9 Here is another of Ansel Adams Photographs
- 10. 10 What is Landscape Photography? Landscape photography is a photograph of the outdoors. It could be of the land, water, or buildings.
- 11. 11 What do you see in your landscape photograph?
- 12. 12 Portrait Photography Portrait photography is a photo of a person or animal. It is important to show an emotion. Holding Virgina - Sally Mann Scared Angry Other… What is the emotion shown in this photo?
- 13. 13 Different Portrait Styles Rubenesque - Keith Carter Lukasz Holma, Poland - Lauren Bacall Can you compare and contrast these photographs? How are they similar? How are they different?
- 14. 14 The Dress - Sally Mann Boy and Car, New York City - Jerome Liebling, 1949 More Portraits Portraits can be the whole body.
- 15. 15 What is Portrait Photography? A portrait photograph is a picture of a person or animal that shows an emotional connection.
- 16. 16 What are some ways you can make a portrait photograph creative and different from everyone else?
- 17. 17 Documentary Documentary photography presents facts without changing anything. Good documentary photographs make you wonder what the story is behind the photograph. Migrant Mother - Dorthea Lange
- 18. 18 What are the stories in these photos?
- 19. 19 Where do you find documentary photographs? Newspaper Magazines Internet Books
- 20. 20 Documentary photographs can be either landscape or portrait. Dante’s View - 1938 Edward Weston Which photo shows a portrait, and which shows a landscape? Portrait Landscape
- 21. 21 What is Documentary Photography? Documentary Photography tells a story without changing the facts. Remember that a good documentary photograph makes you wonder what the story is behind the picture! It can be a portrait or landscape.
- 22. 22 What stories can you tell with your camera?
- 23. 23 Contrast Contrast refers to the brightness between the light and shadow areas of a picture. Does this photograph have contrast? Mapplethorpe, Orchid and Leaf in White Vase 1982
- 24. 24 Does it have contrast? What direction is the light on the trees coming from? Alfred Stieglitz - Icy Night, 1893
- 25. 25 What is Contrast? Contrast is the difference between light and shadow. Think about a flashlight in a dark room. Don’t think about zebras or pianos! LIGHTS SHADOWS
- 26. 26 Rule of Thirds A photo is more interesting if the subject is NOT directly in the center. Try placing your subject 1/3 to the left or right, or 1/3 from top or bottom.
- 27. 27 Which photograph do you find more interesting? WHY? One photograph uses rule of thirds and the other uses central focus. Central Focus Rule of Thirds
- 28. 28 Point of View Try selecting and unusual point of view. Where was the photographer standing for each picture? Eye Level Above Below
- 29. 29 Proximity Don’t be shy! Get close to your subject.
- 30. 30 are tools to help you MASTER the art of photography. Contrast, Rule of Thirds, Point of View, and Proximity
- 31. 31 “One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind.” -Dorthea Lange