Basic Stills, Camera Work & Composition

Composition:

Photography brings a visual language that is universal in understanding. We must then understand its vocabulary which consists of shapes, textures, patterns, lines, colours, shade of light to dark and sharp to blurry images. Just as we must learn to arrange words in a coherent order in order to make sense when we write or speak, so too must we put visual elements together in an organized manner if our photographs are to convey their meaning clearly and vividly.

Composition means arrangement: the orderly putting together of parts to make a unified whole; composition through a personal, intuitive act. However, there are basic principles that govern the way visual elements behave and interact when you combine them inside the four borders of a photograph. Once we have sharpened our vision and grasped these basic ideas of principles, then we will have the potential for making our photographs more exciting and effective than ever before.



Rule of Thirds:
Rule of Thirds is a very popular rule in photography.
This is how it works:
-You draw imaginary lines across the image which divides it into thirds (horizontally & vertically).
-This will split the screen into four 'hotspots' where you place the most important elements of your composition.
-These 'hotspots' usually tend to catch the audiences' attention.
-This rule is a good guideline to help you structure your frame.

This is a basic task that we had to perform to practice our photoshop skills.