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There are 3 important things to learn photography and have success with this course
Understanding photographic conventions
Learning technical skills with the camera, software and your computer
Experimenting, risk-taking and time management with your learning.
Understanding conventions is key to you creating interesting imagery
Understanding conventions is key to you creating interesting imagery
Conventions are made up of:
Photographic Genre
Technical features and how you make an image with a camera
Compositional arrangement when you are photographing
Your ideas behind the image
Established practice (artist models)
What does photographic conventions mean?
What does photographic conventions mean?
Conventions appropriate to photography refer to the characteristics and constraints applicable and fitting to the subject of photography. Below will give more information as to what this means
Photography Conventions definition NCEA Achievement standards
Photography Conventions definition NCEA Achievement standards
Conventions refer to the characteristics and constraints applicable, relevant and fitting to established practice within the fields of design, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture. These include:
- drawing conventions: approaches and practices
- technical conventions: processes and procedures
- pictorial and conceptual conventions: ideas, themes, imagery and contexts
It is typically recommended that students explore the specific conventions of particular artist models and apply aspects of these in their own pictorial, personal investigations. The criteria are written to be inclusive of a wide range of approaches.
Drawing conventions include (but are not limited to):
Sketches, compositional notes, thumbnail concepts, proof sheets, working prints, photograms, pinhole, collage, montage, photographs, digital processes, evaluative notes
Technical conventions include (but are not limited to):
Contrast, grain, focus, exposure, shutter speed, aperture, light source, tilt-shift, etc for analogue (fixing, sandwich negatives, double exposure, dodging, burning, sepia, spotting, solarisation) and digital approaches (hue, saturation, contrast, posterisation, montage, selection, transformation, filters etc)
Pictorial and conceptual conventions include (but are not limited to):
Rule of thirds, diagonals, negative space, framing, viewpoint, sequencing, leading lines, depth of filed, motion blur, simplicity, texture, drama, narrative, black and white, monochrome, full colour, macro, panoramic, staged photography, multiple image, HDR (high dynamic range), studio, surreal, symbolism, metaphor, portrait, figure, nude, landscape, architecture, still life, vanitas, political, cultural, documentary, sport, fashion, abstract, pattern making
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Conventions: established procedures, in making art works, that use particular pictorial devices, techniques or processes to represent, organise, or interpret ideas. Traditional, stylistically or culturally accepted ways of doing things.
In Visual Arts conventions can refer to the combination of art elements, design principles, composition and style.
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