IntroductiontoPhotography

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PhotographyisArtcreatedby
Light!

WhatisPhotography?

Photographyisanartformlike
drawingandpainting.
Photographersusetheircamera
tomakeusseelifeina
differentway,feelemotions,
andrecordstoriesandevents.

HowaCameraworks

N otice th e in verted
(u p sid e-d ow n ) tree.

Whentheshutterofacameraisopened,lightpassesthroughthelens
andontothefilm.Thefilmiscoveredwithchemicalsthatcreatea
patternoflightonthefilm.Thisbecomesthenegative.
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Therearethreebasicstylesof
photography.
Landscape

Portrait

Documentary

Landscape
Landscapeisa
photographofthe
environment.Itcouldbe
theforest,mountains,
oceans,oryourbackyard.
AnselAdamsisa
famouslandscape
photographer.Hereis
oneofhisimages.
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WhatisLandscapePhotography?
Landscape photography is a
photograph of the outdoors.
It could be of the land,
water, or buildings.

Whatdoyouseeinyour
landscapephotograph?

PortraitPhotography
Portraitphotographyisaphoto
ofapersonoranimal.
Itisimportanttoshowan
emotion.
Whatistheemotionshownin
thisphoto?
Scared
O ther

Angry
HoldingVirginaSallyMann
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DifferentPortraitStyles

LukaszHolma,PolandLaurenBacall

RubenesqueKeithCarter

Canyoucompareandcontrastthesephotographs?
H ow are th ey sim ilar? H ow are th ey d if f
e11ren t?

MorePortraits
Portraitscanbethewholebody.

TheDressSallyMann

BoyandCar,NewYorkCityJeromeLiebling,1949

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WhatisPortraitPhotography?
A portrait photograph is a picture of a
person or anim althat show s an
em otionalconnection.

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ANIMALPORTRAIT

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Whataresomewaysyoucan
makeaportraitphotograph
creativeanddifferentfrom
everyoneelse?

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Documentary
Documentary
photographypresents
factswithoutchanging
anything.

MigrantMotherDortheaLange

Gooddocumentary
photographsmakeyou
wonderwhatthestoryis
behindthephotograph.
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Whatarethestoriesinthesephotos?

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Wheredoyoufinddocumentary
photographs?
M agazines
N ew spaper
Books
Internet
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Documentaryphotographscanbeeitherlandscapeorportrait.

DantesView1938EdwardWeston

Portrait

Landscape

Whichphotoshowsaportrait,andwhichshowsalandscape?
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WhatisDocumentary
Photography?
D ocum entary Photography tells a story w ithout changing
the facts.
It can be a portrait or landscape.

Rem em ber that a good docum entary photograph m akes you

w onder w hat the story is behind the picture!

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Whatstoriescanyoutellwith
yourcamera?

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Contrast
Contrastreferstothe
brightnessbetween
thelightandshadow
areasofapicture.

Doesthisphotographhavecontrast?
Mapplethorpe, Orchid and Leaf in White Vase 1982

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Doesithavecontrast?Whatdirectionis
thelightonthetreescomingfrom?

Alfred Stieglitz - Icy Night, 1893

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WhatisContrast?
Contrast is the diff
erence betw een light and shadow .
Think about a fl
ashlight in a dark room .

D ont think about zebras or pianos!

LIG H TS

SH AD O W S
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Rule of Thirds
AphotoismoreinterestingifthesubjectisNOTdirectlyinthe
center.Tryplacingyoursubject1/3totheleftorright,or1/3
fromtoporbottom.

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Onephotographusesruleofthirdsandtheotherusescentralfocus.

CentralFocus

Rule of Thirds

Whichphotographdoyoufindmoreinteresting?
WHY?
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PointofView
Tryselectingandunusualpointofview.

Above
Eye Level

Below

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Wherewasthephotographerstandingforeachpicture?

Proximity
Dontbeshy!Getclosetoyoursubject.

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Contrast, RuleofThirds,
PointofView, andProximity
aretoolstohelpyouMASTER
theartofphotography.

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One should really use the camera as though

tomorrow you'd be stricken blind.
-Dorthea Lange

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