Basics Photography: Composition

Até parece mal, mas mais uma vez um @ à miss. Mais parece que tudo o que tenho hoje em dia é-me dado por essa criatura. Como não podia deixar de ser foi uma boa prenda e tanto a qualidade como o conceito por detrás deste livro seguem as linhas traçadas pelo “Capturing Colour”.

O “Composition” é o #1 desta série e sinceramente custou-me mais a ler do que o “Capturing Colour” (#3). Na minha opinião isto deveu-se maioritariamente às horas ao qual me tenho deitado. A minha opinião não varia da que já mencionei, segue a mesma linha do “Capturing Colour” e como tal irei simplesmente copiar os 6 tópicos juntamente com uma breve descrição dos mesmos, a qual copiei também na sua integridade.

Basics
For a viewer to make sense of an image it must be well composed. This section looks at that need for organization and at ideas from fine art that have dominated photographic thinking in the past.

Formal elements
If composition is the underlying grammar of a visual language, then the formal element – simple line, shapes, tone, form, textures, pattern and colour – are its vocabulary.

Organizing space
Creating a photographic image is to put a frame around a chosen object. The proportions of the frame and where the subject is placed within it have important influences on how the image is “read”. The photograph’s unique ability to manipulate the appearance of space is examined.

Organizing time
By definition, still photography captures the moving world in a static image. The photographer has the choice of smearing passing time or freezing the action. Choosing the peak moment to fire the shutter and image sequencing are explored.

Application
Major forms of photography involve different approaches to composition. This section makes suggestions for fine art, landscape, the nude and portraiture as well as for news, advertising and sports photography, where composition may not be considered a central contributing factor.

Originality
Putting over you own vision is important. This sections discusses ways to develop a personal photographic style and how “breaking the rules” can produce powerful images.

A seguir segue-se o #2 “Lighting”, que já comecei a ler, até ver promete!