Decks from my photography workshop

1. COMPOSITION
How to “make pictures”; not “take pictures
© Mary Jo Hoffman

2. REFLECTIONS?

3. composition /kɒmpəˈzɪʃ(ə)n/
“The conscious placement of objects in your photographic frame.”

4. 16Composition Guidelines

5. 1. Rule of Thirds
RULE OF THIRDS

6. RULE OF THIRDS

7. RULE OF THIRDS

8. RULE OF THIRDS

9. 2. The Golden Triangle

10. 2. The Golden Triangle
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11. 2. The Golden Triangle
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12. 3. Golden Spiral - Nature’s Number
1: 1.6180
From Wiki
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13. Golden Spiral
Digital-Photography-school.com
© Trey Ratcliff

14. Golden Spiral
Digital-Photography-school.com
© Trey Ratcliff

15. 5. Spacing

16. 5. Spacing

17. 5. Spacing
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Breathing Space

18. 5. Spacing
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Breathing Space
Negative Space

19. 6. Fill the Frame

20. 6. Fill the Frame

21. 7. Simplicity

22. 7. Simplicity
© Anuroop Krishnan

23. 8. Balance
© Miroslav Petrasko

24. 9. Leading Lines
©Ansel Adams

25. 10. Patterns
© Trey Ratcliff

26. 10. Patterns
© Trey Ratcliff© Trey Ratcliff

27. 11. Colors

28. 11. Colors

29. 12. Symmetry

30. 12. Symmetry
© Trey Ratcliff

31. 13. Viewpoint

32. 13. Viewpoint

33. 14. Background

34. 14. Background

35. 15. Depth

36. 15. Depth
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37. 16. Framing

38. 16. Framing

39. A FEW WORDS ON LIGHT

40. Photography
/fəˈtɒgrəfi/
“The art of painting with light.”

47. Let’s do some work

48. SOME HOMEWORK