Post on 17-Dec-2015
it’s a bird…it’s a bird…it’s a plane…it’s a plane…
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narrated by: Mark Herron, Jostens Creative Accounts Manager
it’sit’s……
And so the And so the story beginsstory begins……
Throughout
the fun & friendly
town of FOTOVILLE,
high school high school journalists…journalists…were taking literally hundreds & thousands of
photos for their student publications…
ACTIONREACTION
PERSONALITY
But…But…with each photo they took the quality became more mundane & less storytelling of the Fotovillians & friends…
Unbeknownist…Unbeknownist…to these fine Fotovillian photographers, Lazy Larry had settled into town & was rubbing off. His bad habits & lackluster ways were soon the norm of all high school publication photographs…
NO FOCUSNO FOCUSNO FOCUSNO FOCUS
BORINGBORINGBORINGBORING
Now, in almost Now, in almost everyevery
situation & circumstance, mediocrity had taken over & this became the norm for the once fabulous Fotovillian photographers…
one dreadfully dreary day, shouts from the crowd said, “Enough is enough! Your images have just got to be more powerful than a locomotive…”
Finally,
for the perfect angle on any photograph, you should be willing to leap tall buildings in a single bound…
And,
you have to empower your X-ray vision as a photographer so you can anticipate the subject’s every move…
Not to mention,
As the town’s people As the town’s people stoodstood……
in bewilderment at these lone voices as if they had just said there’s no more “my space” or your cell phone is gone…
They reassured They reassured them all…them all…that what they were saying was for each of them to become aSUPERSUPER PHOTOGRAPHERPHOTOGRAPHERSUPERSUPER PHOTOGRAPHERPHOTOGRAPHER
And so the And so the story goes…story goes…this dynamic duo
devoted every waking moment (ok – not during “Dancing with the Stars”) but the rest of their time to bring back the fabulous Fotoville photography & they did so by…
More More PowerfulPowerful than a than a LocomotiveLocomotive
Using compositional elements will help create a most powerful photo…
- CVI- Framing- Leading Lines- Repetition- Rule of Thirds
POWER of a PHOTOPOWER of a PHOTO
CVI
CVI
CVI
Framing
Framing
Framing
Leading Lines
Leading Lines
Repetition
Repetition
Repetition
Rule of Thirds
Rule of Thirds
Rule of Thirds
Able to Able to LEAPLEAP tall tall buildingsbuildingsLEAP into a new position:
Willing & able to move around- blend in/become one- “shoot around the clock”- shoot before, during & after- “worm’s eye view”- “bird’s eye view”
Before, During & After
Before, During & After
Worm’s Eye View
Worm’s Eye View
Worm’s Eye View
Worm’s Eye View
Worm’s Eye View
Bird’s Eye View
Bird’s Eye View
Bird’s Eye View
Have X-ray Have X-ray VISIONVISION
Well, not exactly but close…use your VISION for advantages
- anticipate the subject’s every move- know the event- single shots vs multiple player shots- 3 photographers per sporting event- peak of action- “extreme crop”
Peak of Action
Peak of Action
Peak of Action
Peak of Action
Extreme Crop
Extreme Crop
Extreme Crop
Extreme Crop
And on this day, And on this day, the fine folks of the fine folks of Fotoville officially Fotoville officially proclaimed proclaimed everyone to be aeveryone to be a
questions, comments or superhero kind of stories…email me:mark.herron@jostens.com
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