Digital Photography and Imaging - Week 2

LECTURE:

Today's lecture is introducing us the BASIC COMPOSITION, RULE OF THIRD & GOLDEN RATIO.

Basic Composition:

• Focal Point- Catch viewer's Eyes
• Scale & Hierarchy- drawing attention toward and away from certain elements
• Balance the Elements- "each elements have a 'weight' to it"
• White Space- balance up the main focus & boost design's clarity & balancing out from the complicated part

Rule of Third:

• the process dividing image into nine parts with four intersection points
  
• is a way to:
• use composition techniques that are in line with what's naturally pleasing to the eye
• creative;y use negative space
• create conversation between the subject and background

Golden Ratio: a mathematical ratio that commonly found in nature, and when used in a design, it fosters organic and natural-looking compositions that are aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

PRACTICAL:

Today's pratical is needed to pre-composition our physical collage exercise.

Fig 1.1 All Elements Used

Fig 1.2 Pre-composition 1

Fig 1.3 Pre-composition 2

Fig 1.4 Pre-composition 3

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 MR. MARTIN'S FEEDBACK:

Too simple, preferred pre-composition 2, can use golden ratio method