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Introduction to Photography
Child and her Mother - Dorthea Lange
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Photography is Art created by Light!
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What is Photography?
Photography is an art form like drawing and painting. Photographers use their camera to make us see life in a
different way, feel emotions, and record stories and events.
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How a Camera works…
When the shutter of a camera is opened, light passes through the lensand onto the film. The film is covered with chemicals that create a pattern of light on the film. This becomes the negative.
Notice the inverted (upside-down) tree.
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There are three basic styles of photography.
Landscape Portrait Documentary
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Landscape
Landscape is a photograph of the environment. It could be the forest, mountains, oceans, or your backyard. Ansel Adams is a famous landscape photographer. Here is one of his images.
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Here is another of Ansel Adams Photographs
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What is Landscape Photography?
Landscape photography is a photograph of the outdoors.
It could be of the land,
water, or buildings.
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What do you see in your landscape photograph?
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Portrait Photography Portrait photography is a photo
of a person or animal.
It is important to show an emotion.
Holding Virgina - Sally Mann
ScaredAngry
Other…
What is the emotion shown in this photo?
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Different Portrait Styles
Rubenesque - Keith CarterLukasz Holma, Poland - Lauren Bacall
Can you compare and contrast these photographs?How are they similar? How are they different?
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The Dress - Sally Mann Boy and Car, New York City - Jerome Liebling, 1949
More PortraitsPortraits can be the whole body.
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What is Portrait Photography?
A portrait photograph is a picture of a person or animal that shows an emotional connection.
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What are some ways you can make a portrait photograph creative and different from
everyone else?
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Documentary
Documentary photography presents facts without changing anything.
Good documentary photographs make you wonder what the story is behind the photograph. Migrant Mother - Dorthea Lange
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What are the stories in these photos?
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Where do you find documentary photographs?
Newspaper
Magazines
Internet
Books
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Documentary photographs can be either landscape or portrait.
Dante’s View - 1938 Edward Weston
Which photo shows a portrait, and which shows a landscape?
Portrait Landscape
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What is Documentary Photography?
Documentary Photography tells a story without changingthe facts.
Remember that a good documentary photograph makes youwonder what the story is behind the picture!
It can be a portrait or landscape.
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What stories can you tell with your camera?
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Contrast
Contrast refers to the brightness between the light and shadow areas of a picture.
Does this photograph have contrast?
Mapplethorpe, Orchid and Leaf in White Vase 1982
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Does it have contrast? What direction is the light on the trees coming from?
Alfred Stieglitz - Icy Night, 1893
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What is Contrast?
Contrast is the difference between light and shadow.Think about a flashlight in a dark room.
Don’t think about zebras or pianos!
LIGHTS SHADOWSSHADOWS
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Rule of ThirdsA photo is more interesting if the subject is NOT directly in the center. Try placing your subject 1/3 to the left or right, or 1/3 from top or bottom.
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Which photograph do you find more interesting?WHY?
One photograph uses rule of thirds and the other uses central focus.
Central Focus Rule of Thirds
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Point of ViewTry selecting and unusual point of view.
Where was the photographer standing for each picture?
Eye Level
Above
Below
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ProximityDon’t be shy! Get close to your subject.
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are tools to help you MASTER the art of photography.
Contrast, Rule of Thirds,Point of View, and Proximity
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“One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind.”
-Dorthea Lange