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The Rules of Photography
There areCertain rules of photogprahy if followed can help improve the skill of photogpraher, Below are some of the berif rules of photogprahy which will improve the photography skills and strategies and make us more prepared to get the best, creative and unique side of the subject that is being photographed.
Composition
- Framing the subject
The choice of vertical or horizontal framing and the placement of the subject within the frame will affect the quantity of environmental information that can be viewed in the resulting image. A centrally placed subject close to the camera will marginalize the environmental information. This framing technique is more difficult to utilise but should not be ruled out for creating successful portraits. Using the portrait format for environmental portraits usually requires the photographer to move further back from the subject so that background information is revealed.
Eugene Atget
Filling the Frame
When the photographer moves closer, distracting background can be reduced or eliminated. There are less visual elements that have to be arranged and the photographer has much more control over the composition. Many amateurs are afraid of chopping off the top of someone's head or missing out detail that they feel is important. Unless the photograph is to act as a factual record the need to include everything is unnecessary.
When the viewer is shown a photograph they have no way of knowing for sure what lies beyond the frame.We often make decisions on what the photograph is about from the information we can see. We often have no way of knowing whether these assumptions are correct or incorrect.
When the photographer moves closer, distracting background can be reduced or eliminated. There are less visual elements that have to be arranged and the photographer has much more control over the composition. Many amateurs are afraid of chopping off the top of someone's head or missing out detail that they feel is important. Unless the photograph is to act as a factual record the need to include everything is unnecessary.
When the viewer is shown a photograph they have no way of knowing for sure what lies beyond the frame.We often make decisions on what the photograph is about from the information we can see. We often have no way of knowing whether these assumptions are correct or incorrect.
Source:- taken by my self Source:-Internet
Eugene Atget
This merry go round picture taken by atget is an fine example wher atget used filling the frame technique.I think this picture represents filling the frame due to the fact that the whole merry-go-round is shown from a close up with no other clear things in the sides. This means that there is less distractions in the background.
Vantage point
Vantage Point is taking pictures at different angels. But it is also taking pictures at different times of day and in different weather. Most of us tend to spot and snap potential subjects from an eye-level, straight-ahead point of view. By exploring your subjects beyound predictable first impressions, you can create new and startling compositions.
Low angles can Exaggerate the height of tall subjects or revel unseen aspects of low lying ones, especially when combined with a very close viewpoint and the perspective-stretching effects of a wide-angle lens.
Vantage Point is taking pictures at different angels. But it is also taking pictures at different times of day and in different weather. Most of us tend to spot and snap potential subjects from an eye-level, straight-ahead point of view. By exploring your subjects beyound predictable first impressions, you can create new and startling compositions.
Low angles can Exaggerate the height of tall subjects or revel unseen aspects of low lying ones, especially when combined with a very close viewpoint and the perspective-stretching effects of a wide-angle lens.
Eugene Atget
This picture on right was taken by Atget and is a fine example where Atget uses Vantage Point in his Photography. This image is good example for vantage point due to the fact that it that the shot has been taken from very low angle that shows the structure of the building.He wanted us to see paris from his prespective and how it looked through a parisians eye, he focused on showing us the beauty of Paris.
Depth of field
Depth of field is the range of distance within the subject that is acceptably sharp.The depth of field varies depending on camera type, aperture and focusing distance, although print size and viewing distance can influence our perception of it.When we view an depth of field image, we can notice the represenetation of layers, we can often recreate this sence of depth in our mind's eye. Using the prespective present in such images and the scale of known objects we images as if it exits in layers at differing distances. Successful compositions often make use of this sense of depth of strategically placing points of interest in the foreground, the middle distance and the distance. Our eye can be led through such a composition as if we were walking through the photogprah observing the points of interest on the way.
Notes:-
- The image makes people feel like they are wearing a 3D glasses.
- How depth is created?
Fore ground
Mid-ground
Back ground
- The person looking at your picture should be albe to feel like they can interact with your picture. The picture might look as if it is animated.
Souce:- internet
In the image above our eyes are first drawn to the largest object occupying the whole image. In a desire to learn more from the image our eyes quickly progress towards the figures occupying the middle distance. And then slowly towards the end and blury part. In this image the one pound coin is the centre of the image.The fact that the page is out of focus exaggerates how distance it is, this adds greater depth.
Eugene Atget
The Image on the right was taken by Eugene Atget where he uses Depth of Field in his picture of courtyards.This picture in the right I think represents Depth of Field because of the when I look at the image I can imagine that the cone shaped trees are located in layers. The nearest being in the first layer is much sharper where as the 2 and other layers are more and more blurry.And after that there is the Background which is the big trees in the back, by using Depth of Field Eugene Atget has shown there is a substantial increase in the distance from the Foreground to the Background.
Use of line
Lines have many uses in a photograph. They can divide, unify, or accent certain parts of a composition. If they are interesting enough, they can become a visual topic in themselves
Lines lead the eye into a scene. Parallel lines that appear to converge this way create what's known as one-point or linear perspective, potent for showing distance and depth in a photograph. Curved lines can lead equally well.
Leading lines are most effective when there is some relation between line and subject. You can exaggerate their impact further by using a wide-angle lens and finding a vantage point close to the beginning of the lines
The shape and the direction of lines in a photograph are also forceful setters of mood. Straight lines, whether vertical or horizontal, seem stable and formal.
Eugene Atget
The Image on the right was taken by Eugene Atget which is an fine example of Use of lines. I thing this represents Use of line becasue he shows the use of dominant lines and in this case colours which shows the use of dominant lines, due to which it makes audiences looking at the parallel lines look at certain directions. Also we can image that the parallel lights are the lights of passing train which is moving in certain direction using the parallel Tracks.
Summing up Hounslow
This is the amount of distance between the nearest and farthest objects that appear in acceptably sharp focus in a photograph.
Rule of Thirds
In the use of thirds you should be able to see three objects equally in the frame. You should be able to identify that there are three separate sections. To test if you photo uses the rule imaginary lines are drawn dividing the image into thirds both horizontally and vertically.You place elements of your composition where these lines intersect.The rule of thirds breaks down the image into thirds. The point of this rule is not to place the subject in the centre of the picture but by positioning it along the three sections on the grid in the viewfinder which allows our to move around more when looking at the photo rather than our eyes being fixated at one point if the subject was placed in the centre.
Source :- Taken by my self in Central London trying to capture Rule of Thirds.
Eugene Atget
The image on the right was taken by Eugene Atget which represents Rule of Thirds. I think this image represents Rules of third due to the fact that it has three seprate sections the river ,ther cart and the path with bride. The cart on the side is very seperate to the path, and also the river. Hence it demonstrates the rule of thirds. In other words, the photograph looks more interesting, and broken up.