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Photography
Photography
This next two weeks we will be exploring photography. Using you phone, or digital camera you will complete the following photograghy exercise focusing on Compostion and Perspective. Click on the yellow buttons below to see examples of how the elements and Principles of Design can be applied to your photographs and how using the rule of thirds can make a more intresting composition. Composition is the way in which an image is organized. While at the Bosque or at home think about how you can apply the rule of thirds to your photographs to create intresting compostions that show different perspectives. You will then email your best shots to a.matteo@mountainmahogany.org for printing and display in the front office.
Perspective
How do you normally stand when you shoot? If your answer is straight up like a 5-foot-something human being then this assignment is for you. The perspective assignment challenges you to view the world from an entirely new perspective, which in turn gives the viewer a new look at the ordinary.
Take an afternoon or evening for a photo excursion wherever you like.
This time, every time you find something to photograph, stop!
Ask yourself: How would a squirrel see that tree? How would a robin view that birdbath? How would a snake view that log?
Take your photographs from very high or very low angles. Get on your belly or stand on a chair, whatever you have to (safely) do to get the 'right' angle on your subject.
If you pay attention to professional photographs, many of the images that have the WOW factor are photographed from extreme angles. People enjoy these photos because they've never seen an object from that viewpoint. It is new and unique, and you can train yourself to shoot with this in mind.
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