Homework Assignment: Composition

LEARNING TARGETS:

»  I understand what composition is and how it relates to both photography, cinematography, and art.
»  I understand the responsibilities and ethics associated with publishing to the internet

 

EXPECTATIONS:

»  CREATE: Take a minimum of 20 abstract photos based entirely on some of the compositional rules and post in your blog.
»  CREATE:  In a second post, choose five that best exhibit the compositional rules and describe the rules used. 

 

Read article on composition:

Here is a  article that I would like you to READ.  It focuses on abstract photography.  This article has four parts.

http://ronbigelow.com/articles/abstract-photography/abstract-photography.html

Here is another article on composition.  http://www.morguefile.com/docs/Jodie_Coston:_Lesson_1

Using any digital camera, take a minimum of 20 abstract photos based entirely on some of the compositional rules in the article.  Subjects should not be recognizable or barely recognizable.  In your blog ,  upload the final  version of the image and write an explanation of why you think the composition makes a visually interesting image according to the compositional rules.

Note:  You can open the image in Photoshop and crop the image until you like the composition.

Post twenty abstracts on your blog.  In a second post choose five that best exhibit the compositional rules.  Title the blog, Final Abstracts.