Digital Media
Creative Devices
Rule of Thirds
In the rule of thirds, photos are divided into thirds with two imaginary lines vertically and two lines horizontally making three columns, three rows, and nine sections in the images. Important compositional elements and leading lines are placed on or near the imaginary lines and where the lines intersect.
Lighting and Shadow as a Creative Device
Lighting is used in a variety of ways to focus the attention of the viewer. A good use of lighting can set the mood and tone of the image.
The Decisive Moment
The decisive moment is a concept made popular by the street photographer, photojournalist, and Magnum co-founder Henri Cartier-Bresson. The decisive moment refers to capturing an event that is ephemeral and spontaneous, where the image represents the essence of the event itself
Panning
Panning means to photograph o while rotating a camera on its vertical or horizontal axis in order to keep a moving person or object in view or allow the film to record a panorama : to pan from one end of the playing field to the other during the opening of the football game.
Linear Perspective
Linear perspective photography gives an impression of depth to the viewer by using real world parallel lines and making them converge in the plane of the photograph. This is also achieved by scaling the subject in the foreground against the background elements of the picture.
Depth of Field
Depth of Field (DOF), also called focus range or effective focus range, is the distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image.
Juxtaposition
Shallow depth of field where the subject is
in focus and the background is blurry.
Deep depth of field where the subject is
in focus as well as the background.
Juxtaposition happens where two or more elements that contradict each other come together to create a theme.
Some examples are light and dark,
young and old, new and used
Framing
Framing
Using objects to make a frame
for the center of attention. This
refers to using elements of a
scene to create a frame within a frame.
Framing
Reflection
The art or technique of using reflective surfaces to capture beautiful and unique images.
Texture
Texture refers to the visual quality of the surface of an object,
revealed through variances in shape, tone and color depth.
Silhouette
Silhouette is defined as a view of an object or a scene consisting of the outline and a featureless interior, with the silhouetted object usually being black.
Dominant Foreground with contributing Background
The main subject, or content, must dominate the image (notably the foreground) with the background contributing a contextual, complimentary, or supporting element to the photograph.
Viewpoint
Bird’s Eye, Worm’s Eye, Close Up and Unusual
the position we take the photograph from.
This will also be the position you place
the viewer in when they are looking at
your finished shot.