Digital Photography - Point & Shoot Basics
http://edu-observatory.org/olli/DP1/Week4.html
COMPOSITION
The camera should not get in the way of composing/framing images.
Most cameras have the capability to "lock" exposure and auto focus
functions. Some customizing allows the decoupling of these to lock
functions. Check the camera manual about the use and programming of
those features. It is important that the camera does what you want
and not you having to live with doing what the camera wants. The
camera should not get in your way!
Photography Composition Articles
http://photoinf.com/
Photography Composition - An Introduction
http://knol.google.com/k/yanik-chauvin/photography-composition-an-introduction/2rcdarvscszjb/2#
Guidelines for Better Photographic Composition
http://photoinf.com/General/KODAK/guidelines_for_better_photographic_composition.html
Guidelines for Better Photographic Composition: Rule of Thirds
http://photoinf.com/General/KODAK/guidelines_for_better_photographic_composition_rule_of_thirds.html
Composition: Getting Beyond the Snapshot
http://photo.net/learn/nature/ghopkins/comp1/
Composition: Examples and Exercises
http://www.ultimate-photo-tips.com/photograph-composition.html
IN CLASS EXERCISE
1. Choose one subject and photograph it with a variety of frames,
angles, distances between camera and subject, height of camera,
tilt of camera, etc. Work the idea thoroughly but only by
changing frame, nothing else.
2. Find a static subject and come up with as many different
photographic compositions as you can with it.
WANT TO SHARE YOUR IMAGES WITH EACH OTHER?
If so, here's how:
1. Goto http://picasaweb.google.com/olli.dp1
2. Click on the image with your name
3. Click on "Sign In", and sign in as
olli.dp1@gmail.com
and use the password ____________
Now you can click on "Add photos" (not "Upload") to upload images
from your computer. If that is too complicated, email your images
to me swormley2@gmail.com and I'll put them online for you.
BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY: A SET OF EXERCISES
http://teeksaphoto.org/Writing/BasicPhotoExercises.html
PHOTOGRAPHY TUTORIALS
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials.htm
http://www.geofflawrence.com/photography_tutorials.htm
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
John Berger
About Looking
Pantheon (1980)
ISBN: 0679736557
Ansel Adams
The Camera
Publisher: Bulfinch (June 1, 1995)
ISBN-10: 0821221841
Leslie D Stroebel, Hollis Todd & Richard Zakia
Visual concepts for photographers
Publisher: Focal Press (1980)
ISBN-10: 0240510259
Beaumont Newhall
History of Photography: From 1839 to the Present (Paperback)
Publisher: Bulfinch; Revised edition (October 30, 1982)
ISBN-10: 0870703811
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