Leading Lines- Compositional Tool

Leading Lines  video link

10 photographs demonstrating this compositional tool - Due Monday   

Leading lines are lines within an image that leads the eye to another point in the image, or occasionally, out of the image. Anything with a definite line can be a leading line. Fences, bridges, even a shoreline can lead the eye. If you can pair leading lines with a subject that is placed according to the rule of thirds your image should be very strong.

Layer Mask- More Information

Links that will be helpful to watch and read if you are still struggling with mask layers.

 

Mask Tutorial

Written document link about the mask layer


Try to experiment with the different artistic filters besides the blur filter as seen in the photo in this example. 

Media Art Portfolio Progress

Alyssa Davis

Click here to see portfolio-Media Art Portfolio

Layer Basics

Layer Basics Tutorial

Ashton Brass

Open an image

·         Good idea once it is open to view the size of the image  - check resolution (180 is best for our projects)

 

Create a duplicate layer- A couple of ways to do this:

·         Menu tab>  Layer >duplicate layer

·         Go to layer and right click and select >duplicate layer

 

Make sure you open two different images you would like to use for practicing the basic tools explored in class.  Tools we explored are eraser,magnetic lasso, magic wand, modes- opacity and effect filters.

You can save some of your examples as jpegs to show what clever and funny illusions you created.

 

Have fun exploring but complete the figure photo shoot for class Monday.  Place  10 images on Skydrive.  Label images figures name.

 

 

                                                                                                                                                      

Understanding how to manipulate the camera settings

Here are a some helpful resources to work with your compact digital camera settings and the DSLR camera settings.

Straight Photography

Straight Photography is composing a photograph in the camera lens with no manipulation with photoshop or other photo altering methods.  My students are learning and exploring photography rules and how to apply them.   Our goal is to see the whole image in the viewfinder and to place the elements of the photo in an aesthetically enhancing position.  We have already explored the Rule of Thirds and how the rule helps compose an image using a Horizon as a focus for the photoshoot.  We are taking outdoor photography in low lighting so we are also exploring how to set the ISO on our cameras to capture the best light for each photographers aesthetic. 

Kiva Hanson

Here are some wonderful examples, plus see more on our Artsonia web art gallery.  We are off to a great start.


Jade Pfeifer

Pamela Rogers

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Horizon Line and ISO Setting

Second Lesson-

Landscape Photography utilizing the Rule of Thirds. 

We will also learn how to set our ISO on our cameras to take the best images with the low light and cloudy conditions we will be experiencing this weekend.

General Rules and tips for ISO Camera Settings:

•Use an ISO of 100 or 200 when taking photographs outside in sunny conditions.

• If the sky is overcast or it is evening time, then use an ISO within the range of 400 to 800.

• Night time or in cases of low light you might need to set your digital camera ISO to 1600. If you don't then your photo will appear too dark if at all.

 

Starting the Semester in Media Art

We will begin the semester by photographing things we like and enjoy taking pictures of to see what is our personal aethetics.  Next we will learn how to save and rename our images to prepare for viewing in class. 
First lesson- Rule of Thirds

http://www.secondpicture.com/tutorials/photography/rule_of_thirds.html

Rule of thirds is one of the most well-known Rule of image composition. Rule of thirds is very easy to learn and adapt in practice.

Often people place the main subject of the photograph into the middle of the frame. This only seldom yields to the best possible composition except if there is one clear subject in which is photographed very close. Of course there are exceptions to this.

Rule of thirds suggests you place the subject off the center. According to rule of thirds the picture frame is mentally divided in to three parts horizontally and vertically.