photography blog: 2009

Friday, 13 November 2009

Photography Language

Subject: The main person/object in the photograph.
Focal Point: The main focus in the photograph.
Composition: Designing plannning how/what you want your photograph to include.
Framming: When you use a border/frame in the photograph to focus on the subject.
Rule Of Thirds: When you divide a photo into 9 equal sections and to have key focal and places where the lines meet:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Rivertree_thirds_md.gif
Foreground + Background: Use it to show scale and depth, foreground is the closest thing and background is the furthest thing.
Connotations: When you take a photograph, but explore more into it than a simple object.
Symbolism: When you take a photograph to simbilize something.

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