Photography critique paper
This paper should be in essay form, 10-12pt type, and two pages in length. On a third page cite two sources and place the images you are critiquing from each photographer. Read about each photographer in the material provided; Diana Markosian http://www.dianamarkosian.com/pages/the-big-sea-page Eric Johansson http://www.erikjohanssonphoto.com/work/ To recap: Look through the galleries provided in the links above. Select one image from each photographer. Review the Video below on “9 Photo Composition Tips.” Identify the elements of composition you feel each photographer used in the two photographs you select. I do not want a bio on each photographer. Your job is to select your images, one from each photographer, then try to figure out what elements of composition out of the nine below are being used. Explain in detail how you see the technique in each image you select. Select one image from Diana Markosian’s project titled, “The Big Sea.” Then identify the composition of the elements as outlined in the video below. Explain how you think she used them in the image in detail. Then select one image from the work of Erik Johansson. Each photographer is very different in their approach. Identify what compositional elements of design he uses. The paper is all about composition. Apply what you have learned. The paper must be saved as a word document or a pdf double spaced, two pages, and submitted here. The two additional sources should be ones that help you understand the composition. Do not forget to Include the two images from the photographers above that you are using in your paper. Place the images on the third page with your source list. Remember: (One page per photographer) Be descriptive. Make sure you answer the following questions in your paper: Identify the elements of design being used in the composition and describe how they are being used? Address each of the ones put into this list. Explain in detail how that element works in the image. Refer back to the video. Several of you did not understand framing. Framing has to utilize an element in the scene to frame something within the scene. Please pay close attention to the 9 photo composition tips below. Also, lines can be implied they do not have to be actual lines in an image. Here is the list: 1. Rule of Thirds: The rule of thirds is based on dividing your scene into a grid of nine equal parts; the four intersection points of the grid lines represent the best locations to place your subject within the frame to make a well-balanced, pleasing composition. 2. Leading Lines: Use natural or implied lines to lead the eye into the photograph. 3. Diagonals: Diagonal lines create movement. These can be implied or real. 4. Framing: Use natural frames like windows and doors. 5. Figure to ground: How does your foreground relate to your background? Is it a relationship of contrast or harmony. This is perhaps the hardest of techniques. 6. Fill your frame: Get close to your subjects. 7. Center the dominant eye: Placing the dominant eye in the center of the photo gives the impression the eyes follow you. 8. Pattern and repetition: like areas are repeated throughout the image. 9. Symmetry: the image is symmetrical. SYMMETRY refers to a line that splits an object in half and, if both sides of the object are an exact mirror image of each other, then this object is said to be symmetrical. https://expertphotography.com/symmetry-in-photography/ Video link:https://youtu.be/7ZVyNjKSr0M
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