Week 3/ Wednesday

Week 3

9-7-11

Rule of Thirds-  a grid divided in 9 parts. The eye never focuses on the middle of a photo. Subject should be towards the top and left.

Foreground, middle ground, and background.

Cropping- taking a part of the picture out.

Tonal Range- the amount of black and white you see in a picture.

Basic Shapes: Square/rectangle, circle, and triangle.

Juxtaposition- Taking 2 elements that are different and comparing and contrasting them.

Two families of shapes- Geometric(defined) and organic(less defined, nature) shapes.

DSLR- Digital Single Lens Reflex

Photographers write with light.

Aperture- controls the amount of light that goes into the camera's sensor. The lower the aperture the lower the opening and the higher the aperture the bigger the opening. Controls depth of field.

F- Stop- Focal

Shutter Speed- controls the amount of time/length of time that light gets through.


I enjoy looking at depth of field photographs. Particularly of nature. I like shooting detailed photographs of everyday objects with my macro lens. Here's an example:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/briannar7/5774045791/in/photostream

Week 2- What I Learned

    Word of the week was articulate meaning to speak with clarity and detail. I learned muse en scene is a stage setup. Also, we talked about low and high angled compositions and the different emotions they give off. Framing is very important with your composition and includes what you leave in the picture and what you leave out.

     School this week has been all easy classes and hardly any homework. I've enjoyed statistics class mostly because it is all worksheets and no book work! This is a nice break from all the previous, hard math classes I've taken. I am looking forward to Beach Day tomorrow and the end of another school week!