1. 1. Photographic CompositionIda C. BenedettoAddis Ababa UniversityJan 27, 2010
2. 2. Today! AestheticsComposition
3. 3. Tomorrow! Visual StorytellingDocumentary Photography
4. 4. Now, put away your notebooks.
5. 5. Do yourself a favor.Just look.
6. 6. Simplicity All the things you have during your physical experience of a scene - space, time, attention are not available to the viewer of your photograph.
7. 7. Pictured: Alexandrea BoulatYou need to consciously construct it visually.
8. 8. Think First! What is important, interesting, and visual? How do you make a photograph of it?Ida C. Benedetto
9. 9. View PointWhere you, the photographer,(and ultimately the viewer of the photo)are positioned in relation to the scene dramatically impacts the feeling and message of the photograph.
10. 10. (pictures, view from above) From AboveIda C. Benedetto
11. 11. (picture, view from eye level) At Eye LevelEros Hoagland
12. 12. (picture, view from below) From BelowCdric Gerbehaye
13. 13. (picture, close up) Close Up Mark Leon
14. 14. (picture, distant) Far AwayTravis Dove
15. 15. Move around!After your camera, the most important photographic tool you have is your body.Explore different points of view by moving around, NOT by hitting the zoom button.
16. 16. Compositional BalanceOrganized Static DynamicBusy
17. 17. Rule of Thirds Composition along vertical and horizontal lines that divide the picture into thirds, with focus on where the lines intersect.
18. 18. Rule of 3rds Stephane Harter
19. 19. Rule of 3rds Stephane Harter
20. 20. Rule of 3rds Dana Popa
21. 21. Rule of 3rds Dana Popa
22. 22. Rule of 3rds Lynsey Addario
23. 23. Rule of 3rds Lynsey Addario
24. 24. (photo example) Rule of 3rds Ida C. Benedetto
25. 25. (photo example) Rule of 3rds Ida C. Benedetto
26. 26. (photo example) Rule of 3rds Ruth Fremson
27. 27. (photo example) Rule of 3rds Ruth Fremson
28. 28. (photo example) Rule of 3rds KevinJ.Miyazaki
29. 29. (photo example) Rule of 3rds KevinJ.Miyazaki
30. 30. (photo example) Rule of 3rds Ida C. Benedetto
31. 31. (photo example) Rule of 3rds Ida C. Benedetto
32. 32. (photo example) Rule of 3rds Ida C. Benedetto
33. 33. (photo example) Rule of 3rds Ida C. Benedetto
34. 34. FramingThe relationship between the main subject of the photograph, other visual elements, and the edges of the photo.
35. 35. (photo example) FramingsaSjstrm
36. 36. (photo example) FramingChrisMaluszynski
37. 37. (photo example) FramingOdedBalilty
38. 38. (photo example, layering) Layering IdaC.Benede>o
39. 39. (photo example) FramingIdaC.Benede>o
40. 40. (photo example) FramingIdaC.Benede>o
41. 41. (photo example) FramingIdaC.Benede>o
42. 42. (photo example) FramingDamon Winter
43. 43. (photo example) FramingRon Haviv
44. 44. Guiding the Eye