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- Photographic Composition: 4 Tips to Improve Impact
- Incredible Hyperlapse Photography of a Graffiti Artist at Work
- Interesting Photo of the Day: Multiple Exposures
- Why Do We Create Images?
| Photographic Composition: 4 Tips to Improve Impact Posted: 12 Jun 2013 04:47 PM PDT Final Reminder: Only 1 day left! in the deal on: Composing the Photo, Order from Chaos The art of composition is the creation of a visually compelling picture–a picture that evokes the interest of the viewer. Composition is a key element of good photographs; it is the combining of distinct parts or elements to form a whole. Composition should not be seen as a set of ‘rules’ to follow, but rather a set of guidelines to assist in the creative process. Composition has many elements, including cropping, lines (implied, imaginary, diagonal, S-curves), orientation (vertical or horizontal), perspective, depth of field (background/foreground focus), balance, symmetry, texture, and the list could go on.  “Stairway 1″ captured by Pablo J. Ramos. (Click image to see more from Pablo J. Ramos.) Whenever you see something, your eyes take in everything within your angle of view. The mind processes and evaluates this incoming data, compares it to past experiences, and reaches certain conclusions about what you’re seeing. This process can be enhanced or manipulated to evoke the desired feeling in the viewer. Here are some techniques that can help in the process. FramingFraming is the technique of drawing attention to the subject of your image by blocking other parts of the image with something in the scene. This serves several purposes:
 “Walking” captured by Kyaw Min Htike. (Click image to see more from Kyaw Min Htike.) PerspectiveThe angle that you shoot from can significantly affect the drama of a photograph. Consider the following:
CroppingCropping refers to the removal of the outer parts of an image to accentuate the subject matter. This helps to emphasise the subject by removing extraneous elements. Cropping lets you do the following:
 “Steam” captured by Andrea Sosio. (Click image to see more from Andrea Sosio.) Rule of ThirdsWhen composing a photo the tendency is to put the subject in the centre of the frame. This may give you some pleasing photos, but by moving the subject off centre you can add more impact to the finished image. Now try this. Imagine the viewfinder is divided by two horizontal and two vertical lines to give a noughts and crosses (tic-tac-toe) grid. By placing the subject at one of the points where the lines intersect, you will find your photo has a wow factor you’ve not seen before. This is the rule of thirds in action. Images composed this way are considered to be more balanced and pleasing to the eye. Try using some of these guidelines to draw attention to your subject. About the Author: For Further Training on Composition, Ending Soon:Composition is difficult to study as it has to do with our perception and attention to detail, but it can be improved through knowledge and practice. Top travel photographer Trey Ratcliff agreed to give our readers 25% off on his popular in-depth composition guide which ends in 1 day! It can be found here: Composing the Photo – Creating Order from Chaos Go to full article: Photographic Composition: 4 Tips to Improve Impact |
| Incredible Hyperlapse Photography of a Graffiti Artist at Work Posted: 12 Jun 2013 03:14 PM PDT Sure you’ve seen plenty of timelapses and hyperlapses. Those commonly made include the change in weather and light over the city skyline, or a building being constructed over several months. But I’ll bet you’ve never seen a timelapse like this. This video documents a graffiti artist as he paints and creates works or art in an old abandon building. It’s unique spin is that the camera is not stationary. It moves throughout the whole video, and not just in a simple slow panning motion, but in a more dynamic and cinematic fashion. These elaborate camera movements in conjunction with the artist’s graffiti and the electronic music, make for incredible sequences (for those of you reading this by email, the video can be seen here): Unfortunately, no information is given on how the video was made. Most of these individual photos seem to be simply handheld, this would result in very shaky footage, but Adobe After Effects is now amazingly good at timelapse sequence stabilization with it’s new warp stabilization engine. And as if it wasn’t hard enough to figure out how the camera movements are done, the artist appears to duplicate himself at 2:52 and paint two sections of the wall at once. Did he painstakingly shoot the scene twice without changing the camera’s angle and track movements and then combine the two series of shots into one? Possibly…  Notice the passage of time by how much the spots of light move in the video Perhaps the artist chose to leave the details a mystery to make the viewers think outside the box. Great all around production. For Further Training on Time-lapse Photography:Check out this new COMPLETE guide (146 pages) to shooting, processing and rendering time-lapses using a dslr camera. It can be found here: Time-lapse Photography Guide Go to full article: Incredible Hyperlapse Photography of a Graffiti Artist at Work |
| Interesting Photo of the Day: Multiple Exposures Posted: 12 Jun 2013 01:40 PM PDT Regardless of their feelings about editing or manipulating images in Photoshop, most photographers will admit that the powerful program can create some pretty interesting effects. Photographer Luke Gram recently explored some of Photoshop’s capabilities, posting the following picture on his “Man & Camera” blog, which subsequently created quite a stir on social media:  Double exposure effect duplicated in Photoshop (click for larger image) The photo, titled “Within Nature,” depicts a stunning natural landscape within a woman’s silhouette. The effect resembles what can be achieved using double exposure, but was actually accomplished using blending modes in Photoshop. The two original film photos can be seen side-by-side with the final result here. Here is a similar example of a true double exposure from photographer Archie Campbell, shot with a Canon EOS 6D using the camera’s multiple exposure function:  Source: Flickr / acearchie Go to full article: Interesting Photo of the Day: Multiple Exposures |
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This is the central thought behind Von Wong‘s latest production. He challenges people to ask themselves why they do something and to not be afraid of an answer that others aren’t expecting (for those of you reading this by email, the video can be seen here): Just because someone else doesn’t understand why you do something doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t do it. Sure it can be tough being an artist when your friends and family are constantly asking you about what you’re doing and if you’re making any money at it. But don’t give up simply because someone questions you. If you want to know what you’re doing is right, you have to ask yourself. If you’re still looking for an answer, ask yourself these questions:
 One of Von Wong’s trademark pyro images There are many more reasons why you could want to create. What are your reasons? Go to full article: Why Do We Create Images? |
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