composition 04may10 150dpi med

8/3/2019 Composition 04may10 150dpi Med

1/75

Marc LevoyComputer Science DepartmentStanford University


2/75


3/75

!Marc Levoy

! the pictorial elements of photography,i.e. the design in the 2D picture frame

line and form

pattern and texture

tone and color

! pictorial design symmetry and balance

framing

common compositions

! things we wont talk about today- situation, storyline, viewpoint, field of view, focus,

lighting, exposure, color balance, post-processing


4/75

!Marc Levoy

! there are no rulesthere are only tools and heuristics

! like describing wine with words, they dont mean much

they merely give us a framework for thinking about issues! the best way to learn is to take lots of pictures

think about the issues as you take them

critique your photographs, and have others critique them

! look at good photographs by others most useful if youve also tried the same thing yourself


5/75

!Marc Levoy


6/75

!Marc Levoy


7/75

!Marc Levoy


8/75

!Marc Levoy


9/75

!Marc Levoy


10/75

Raphael,Galatea, 1513

(Gardner)


11/75

!Marc Levoy


12/75

!Marc Levoy


13/75

Georgia OKeeffe,Grey Line, 1923


14/75

!Marc Levoy


15/75

!Marc Levoy


16/75

!Marc Levoy


17/75

!Marc Levoy


18/75


19/75

Frederick Evans,The Sea of Steps -

Wells Cathedral, 1903


20/75

!Marc Levoy


21/75

Auguste Renoir, Le Moulin de la Galette, 1876


22/75

!Marc Levoy


23/75

!Marc Levoy


24/75

Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater, 1934


25/75

Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater, 1934

(photographs by Galen Frysinger)


26/75

!Marc Levoy


27/75

Yousuf Karsh,Winston Churchill, 1941

Rembrandt van Rijn,Self Portrait, 1660


28/75

Yousuf Karsh,Winston Churchill, 1941

Rembrandt van Rijn,Portrait of Nicolaes Ruts, 1631


29/75

!Marc Levoy


30/75

!Marc Levoy


31/75

!Marc Levoy


32/75

!Marc Levoy


33/75

Giovanni Bellini, Altarpiece ofS. Zaccaria, Venice, 1505!


34/75

!Marc Levoy


35/75

Peter Paul Rubens, The Judgement of Paris, 1636


36/75

Diego Velzquez,Las Meninas, 1656


37/75

!Marc Levoy

! symmetry and balance

! framing

! common compositions


38/75

!Marc Levoy


39/75

!Marc Levoy


40/75

!Marc Levoy


41/75

!Marc Levoy


42/75

Jacque-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii, 1784


43/75

!Marc Levoy


44/75

!Marc Levoy


45/75

!Marc Levoy


46/75

Raphael, School of Athens, 1511


47/75

!Marc Levoy

! upright equilateral triangle calm, stability, power

! diagonaltension, discord, dynamism

! S-curve motion, sensuality

eye flow

! rule of thirds


48/75

Titian, Madonna of the

Pesaro Family, 1526

Raphael, Madonna with theGoldfinch, 1506


49/75

Titian, Madonna of the

Pesaro Family, 1526

Raphael, Madonna with theGoldfinch, 1506


50/75

Titian, Venus of Urbino, 1538


51/75

Titian, Venus of Urbino, 1538

pendant


52/75

!Marc Levoy


53/75

!Marc Levoy


54/75

!Marc Levoy


55/75

!Marc Levoy


56/75

!Marc Levoy


57/75

!Marc Levoy


58/75

!Marc Levoy


59/75

!Marc Levoy


60/75

!Marc Levoy

! simplify your picture avoid cluttered backgrounds


61/75

!Marc Levoy



62/75

!Marc Levoy



63/75

!Marc Levoy



64/75

!Marc Levoy


get close to your subject


65/75

!Marc Levoy



fill the frame


66/75

!Marc Levoy



fill the frame

! avoid compositional errors dont center objects needlessly


67/75

!Marc Levoy



fill the frame


keep the horizonal level, or make it wildly unlevel

(http://www.fotofinish.com/resources/centers/photo/takingpictures.htm)


68/75

!Marc Levoy



fill the frame



avoid accidental alignments

(http://www.fotofinish.com/resources/centers/photo/takingpictures.htm)


69/75

!Marc Levoy



fill the frame



avoid accidental alignments

sweep the frame to check for trouble- cropped element, distracting object, non-parallel line


70/75

!Marc Levoy


71/75

!Marc Levoy

! http://people.csail.mit.edu/fredo/Photos/Favorites/

! http://people.csail.mit.edu/fredo/Photos/Links/


72/75

!Marc Levoy




73/75

!Marc Levoy




74/75

!Marc Levoy




75/75

! Fredo Durand

! London, Stone, and Upton,Photography (ninth edition), Prentice Hall, 2008.

! Peterson, B.,Learning to See Creatively, Watson-Guptill, 1988.

! Peterson, B., Understanding Exposure, Watson-Guptill, 2004.

! Peterson, B., Understanding Digital Photography,Watson-Guptill, 2005.

! Patterson, F.,Photographing the World Around You, Key Porter Books, 1994.

! Adams, A.,Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs, Little, Brown, and Co., 1983.

! Hedgecoe, J., The New Manual of Photography, Doris Kindersley, 2003.

! Tanser and Kleiner, Gardners Art Through the Ages (10th ed.), Harcourt Brace, 1996.

composition 04may10 150dpi med

Documents