2.3.2017 (Week 5)
Adrian Charles Chee Yew Chen (300666425)
Introduction to Photography
Week 5: Composition- Principles
Lecture:
Mr Vinod began the class
by checking everyone's blogs. He checked them one by one and gave each one of
us feedbacks based on our own personal work. After that, Mr Vinod proceeded to
teach us about the different principles underpinning composition in photography.
A few examples are such as:
- Domination/Emphasis
- Isolation
- Balance
- Repetition
- Alignment
- Contrast
- Rhythm
- Symmetry/Asymmetry
- Harmony
After briefly teaching
us the basics of these principles, Mr Vinod assigned us a task to go out and
capture 4 images which contains at least 1 of the principles. Each picture
needs to contain a different principle from the previous. After we have taken
the images, we were required to show them to Mr Vinod. Below are the images I
captured for the in-class activity.
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Contrast |
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Repetition |
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Isolation |
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Alignment |
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Symmetry |
Mr Vinod ended the class without giving us a take-home exercise. We took the
same lift down to SEGi Tower Lobby. Fortunately(or unfortunately), he
remembered right before we exited the lobby. He gathered us together at the
lobby and informed us that we need to do a take-home exercise similar to the
task he gave us during class.
Instructions
Exercise 4b: Principles
underpinning composition
Capture 4 Images
adhering to any of the mentioned principles below:
Domination/Emphasis •
Isolation • Balance • Repetition • Alignment • Contrast • Rhythm •
Symmetry/Asymmetry • Harmony • Perspective
(Put to use what you
have learnt in the Zone system exercises here)
Ensure the results are
recorded as instructed on MS Word (using tables and the instructed font and
font size).
Exercise 4b: Principles
underpinning composition
1) Repetition
2) Harmony/Contrast
3) Symmetry
4) Isolation
5) Alignment
Feedback:
There are no feedback yet for this week's exercise.
Reflection:
Experience:
I found this exercise quite interesting. It
definitely helps build an individual's interest towards photography. It made me
try my hardest to achieve a certain principle related to composition,
especially when the subject matter in it's natural appearance does not portray
itself to have a certain principle related to composition.
Observations:
While working on this take-home exercise, I
noticed that there are many everyday objects which looks plain and ordinary
until we find the right angles and perspectives to get the best out of that
subject matter.
Findings:
When I
was doing exercise 4b, I found that we need to get out of our comfort zones in
order to get the principles underpinning composition. In order to capture a
well-composed image with certain specific principles, we must put in effort to
look for them and be ready to travel and explore a little bit.