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by David Page, Richard D. Zakia
Photographic Composition
Cover
Halftitle
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
SECTION 1. Before Capture
1. Before Capture
Physical Preparation:
Mental Preparation:
SECTION 2. Capture
1. Geometrics
Rule of Thirds:
Centering:
Off Center:
Lead Line:
S-Curve:
C-Shape Curve:
Reverse C-Shape:
L-shape:
V-Shape:
Triangles:
Horizon Line:
Diagonals:
Symmetry:
Repetition:
2. Figure Ground
Selection:
Planned:
Unplanned:
Figure and Ground Compete:
Camouflage:
Notan:
3. Depth
Multiple Planes:
Linear Perspective:
Aerial Perspective:
Color Perspective:
Camera Distance:
Texture Gradient:
Shared Contours:
Depth of Field:
4. Framing the Scene
Object in the Foreground:
Framing:
Focal Point:
Scale:
Vertical:
Move in Close:
Move in Closer:
Part for the Whole:
Fill the Frame:
Frame Within a Frame:
Position Within the Frame:
Beyond the Frame:
Tilt:
More Tilt:
5. Clarity
Simplicity:
Complexity:
Ambiguity:
Puzzling:
Illusion:
6. Movement
Stop Motion
Panning
Not Panning
Blur
Implied Movement
Direction of Movement
7. Camera Angle (Vantage Point)
Vantage Point:
Eye Level:
Low Angle:
High Angle, Looking Down:
High Angle, Looking Up:
8. Gestalt Composition
Similarity:
Proximity:
Similarity and Proximity:
Continuation:
Closure:
9. Portraiture
Formal:
Informal:
Environmental:
Camera Distance:
Pupil Size:
10. Light and Shadows
Direct Light:
Diffuse Light:
Direct/Diffuse Light:
Back Light:
Window Light:
11. Color, Colour, Couleur
Warm Colors:
Cold Colors:
Soft Colors:
Strong Colors:
Complementary Colors:
Color Harmony:
Abstract Color:
SECTION 3. After Capture
1. Print Captions/Titles
A Parable:
Generic:
Specific:
Suggestive:
Ambiguous:
Specific:
Quote:
Generic Caption:
Specific Caption:
Ambiguous Caption:
Narrative Caption:
Poetic Caption:
Question:
Untitled:
2. Photoshop, Syntax, and Semantics
Add Something:
Subtract Something:
Crop the Image:
Flip the Image:
Mirror Image:
Tilt the Image:
Distort the Image:
Appendix 1. Three Ways to Capture
Appendix 2. Morphics
Appendix 3. Golden Mean (Golden Section)
Appendix 4. Aspect Ratio
Appendix 5. Digital Transformations
Bibliography
Index of Quotations
Index
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Introduction
SECTION ONE
1
BEFORE CAPTURE
Physical Preparation
Mental Preparation
SECTION TWO CAPTURE
1
GEOMETRICS
Rule of Thirds
Centering
Off Center
Lead Line
S-Curve
C-Shape Curve
Reverse C-Shape
L-shape
V-Shape
Triangles
Horizon Line
Diagonals
Symmetry
Repetition
Exercises
Looking
Photographing
2
FIGURE GROUND
Selection
Planned
Unplanned
Figure and Ground Compete
Camouflage
Notan
Exercises
Looking
Photographing
3
DEPTH
Multiple Planes
Linear Perspective
Aerial Perspective
Color Perspective
Camera Distance
Texture Gradient
Shared Contours
Depth of Field
Exercises
Looking
Photographing
4
FRAMING THE SCENE
Object in the Foreground
Framing
Focal Point
Scale
Vertical
Move in Close
Move in Closer
Part for the Whole
Fill the Frame
Frame Within a Frame
Position Within the Frame
Beyond the Frame
Tilt
More Tilt
Exercises
Looking
Photographing
5
CLARITY
Simplicity
Complexity
Ambiguity
Puzzling
Illusion
Exercises
Looking
Photographing
6
MOVEMENT
Stop Motion
Panning
Not Panning
Blur
Implied Movement
Direction of Movement
Exercises
Looking
Photographing
7
CAMERA ANGLE (VANTAGE POINT)
Vantage Point
Eye Level
Low Angle
High Angle, Looking Down
High Angle, Looking Up
Exercises
Looking
Photographing
8
GESTALT COMPOSITION
Similarity
Proximity
Similarity and Proximity
Continuation
Closure
Exercises
Looking
Photographing
9
PORTRAITURE
Formal
Informal
Environmental
Camera Distance
Pupil Size
Exercises
Looking
Photographing
10
LIGHT AND SHADOWS
Direct Light
Diffuse Light
Direct/Diffuse Light
Back Light
Window Light
Exercises
Looking
Photographing
11
COLOR, COLOUR, COULEUR
Warm Colors
Cold Colors
Soft Colors
Strong Colors
Complementary Colors
Color Harmony
Abstract Color
Exercises
Looking
Photographing
SECTION THREE AFTER CAPTURE
1
PRINT CAPTIONS/TITLES
A Parable
Generic
Specific
Suggestive
Ambiguous
Specific
Quote
Generic Caption
Specific Caption
Ambiguous Caption
Narrative Caption
Poetic Caption
Question
Untitled
Exercises
Looking
2
PHOTOSHOP, SYNTAX, AND SEMANTICS
Add Something
Subtract Something
Crop the Image
Flip the Image
Mirror Image
Tilt the Image
Distort the Image
Exercises
Looking
APPENDICES
1 THREE WAYS TO CAPTURE
Projection
Introjection
Confluence
Exercises
Looking
Photographing
2 MORPHICS
Anamorphic
Anthropomorphic
Biomorphic
Isomorphic
Theriomorphic
Zoomorphic
Exercises
Looking
Photographing
3 GOLDEN MEAN (GOLDEN SECTION)
Golden Mean (Golden Section)
4 ASPECT RATIO
Aspect Ratio
5 DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONS
From Real to Surreal
Bibliography
Index of Quotations
Index
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