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The Image Frame

The Image Frame. Composition. Objective. Know Image Frame Vocab: Center of Interest, Foreground, Background, Placement Show In a group, create a presentation with examples for different framing possibilities. Level of Thinking Analyze. Composition. What is composition?.

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The Image Frame

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  1. The Image Frame Composition

  2. Objective • Know • Image Frame • Vocab: Center of Interest, Foreground, Background, Placement • Show • In a group, create a presentation with examples for different framing possibilities. • Level of Thinking • Analyze

  3. Composition

  4. What is composition? • Composition is the placement or arrangement of the elements in an image. • “I improved the composition of my photograph by…” • Can also refer to the work itself: • “This composition is good because…”

  5. Composition • Composition is a way of guiding the viewer’s eye towards the most important elements of your work, sometimes in a very specific order.  • Focal length, aperture, shutter speed, camera angle, frame proportions, and point of view all affect an image’s composition.

  6. Where do you look?

  7. Where do you look?

  8. What is the goal? • To make something beautiful? • Make something appear to be beautiful? • Can art be ugly? • Does it have to communicate an idea? • Does there have to be a point? • Share a memory? What if the memory isn’t a good one?

  9. The Image Frame Things that affect composition

  10. Image Frame • Spatial Context • the space you have to work with • like paper or canvas • Borders of the image • Create your “frame” • Influence the composition

  11. Aspect Ratio • The relationship of an image’s width to it’s height. • AKA proportions

  12. 3:2

  13. 4:3

  14. 4:3 vs 3:2

  15. 1:1 (Square)

  16. Dynamics • Forces that produce motion or affect change Frame Dynamics • An empty frame influences the travel of the eye around the composition • The EDGES and CORNERS affect how a viewer looks at an image – and you haven’t even done anything yet!

  17. Frame Dynamics Example

  18. Center of Interest • Most important part of the image – what you want the viewer to look at first. • Also called the main “focal point” • Focal -> Focus • You can have many focal points (places you want the viewer to look) but usually only one main focal point or center of interest.

  19. Center of Interest

  20. Where do you look first?

  21. Where do you look next?

  22. Using the Frame Thinking about placement.

  23. Foreground vs Background

  24. Filling the Frame • You could: • Fill the frame with your subject OR • Pull back to show the environment (spatial context)

  25. Center placement demands attention.

  26. Center placement demands attention.

  27. Leave space for moving objects to move into.

  28. Placing high in the frame makes things feel tall, airy, light.

  29. Placing low in the frame emphasizes gravity, stability, and heaviness.

  30. Extreme placement can create tension and interest with unusual dynamics.

  31. Dividing the Frame • An image divides the frame automatically with things like: • Horizons • Eye lines • Theories about the “best” way to divide an image: • Rule of Thirds • Golden Section/Golden Spiral

  32. “Rule” of Thirds

  33. Golden Spiral

  34. Golden Section/Mean

  35. Frame Within a Frame • Looking through • Door • Fence • Window • Branches

  36. Assignment Framing

  37. Google Presentation - Framing • In groups of 3-4, create a Google Presentation. • Tip: one person should make it, and then share with everyone else. • Create slides as outlined on the class calendar online. • Tomorrow: Group shoot in class

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