Tutorial 4 Finished

This weeks lesson was on composition. Composition is all about the visuals of the photograph, the placement of the focus, the framing, patterns, and all the things that define the focus of the picture. Today's set is short because demonstrating composition is easy, mastering it so that it is aesthetically pleasing to the eye, however, is another story.

 

The first photograph above is an example of framing. I used two bushes with a small path in between them to demonstrate how you can use a natural element to frame a view. I like this photograph because it in a way demonstrates nature framing human engineering . 

The above picture demonstrates a pattern, I have four bicycles equally distances away from each other in the center of this photograph streaming away. It demonstrates how even the simplest things can represent patterns.

Though it is not the perfect example, the bench and table is symmetrical. If I could take this picture again I would focus more so on leveling out the photograph, and perhaps I would've cleaned off a certain stain that's on the right side.

For the rule of thirds or creating a grid. I put my not-so-lovely model Kieran on a line and took a photograph with a larger f/ setting in order to completely capture the back ground. The photo is not a perfect example at least compared to the slides, because Kieran isn't exactly the biggest looking object or attention stealer in this photograph.

Just another example of framing. I used building A4's entrance way to frame Cooper taking a picture on the roadway. There are so many frames out there it was hard to pick just one.

In short, composition are the little things that can make or break a photo. Aperture settings and shutter speed might get more focus when it comes to the human eye, but using things like frames and grids can really set the tone for how someone views a photograph. I think I like the use of frames because it allows for the photographer to highlight an object within an environment.

 For today's photographer I wanted to highlight someone who I've heard of before, even though we haven't really covered her style of photography. Annie Leibovitz is famous for working for her portraits of people, having worked for both Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone Magazine in the peak of its popularity. Leibovitz is also notorious for being the last person to photograph John Lennon, she took a picture of him just hours before his death with Yoko Ono...


Her goal was always to capture people in a sort of defining moment. Lennon and Ono both agreed that the above picture captured their relationship perfectly. Sometimes she used little strategies like framing to encompass emotion as seen in the picture below.

And the final photo, a picture of the Queen was taken as a special request from Anne