My favorite assignment this term was the scary selfie assignment. I also enjoyed the ghost image assignment. I enjoy assignments that involve a lot of photoshop work because I find those to be the most fun and those are the assignments that show my skills. I consider myself to be pretty good at using textures, overlays, specials brushes, editing skin, etc.
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Rule of thirds
Balancing elements
Leading Lines
Symmetry and Patterns
Viewpoint
Background
Depth
Framing
Cropping
Experimentation
1. Rule of thirds – position the most important elements in your scene along these lines, or at the points where they intersect.
2. Balancing elements – Place your main subject off-center and balance the “weight” of your subject by including another object of lesser importance to fill the space.
3. Leading Lines – There are many different types of line – straight, diagonal, curvy, zigzag, radial etc – and each can be used to enhance our photo’s composition.
4. Symmetry and Patterns – break the symmetry or pattern in some way, introducing tension and a focal point to the scene.
5. Viewpoint – Rather than just shooting from eye level, consider photographing from high above, down at ground level, from the side, from the back, from a long way away, from very close up, and so on.
6. Background – Look around for a plain and unobtrusive background and compose your shot so that it doesn’t distract or detract from the subject.
7. Depth – You can create depth in a photo by including objects in the foreground, middle ground and background.
8. Framing – Isolate the main subject from the outside world.
9. Cropping – By cropping tight around the subject you eliminate the background “noise”, ensuring the subject gets the viewer’s undivided attention.
10. Experimentation – Experiment with your composition.
Montage – The technique of combining in a single composition pictorial elements from various sources, as parts of different photographs or fragments of printing, either to give the illusion that the elements belonged together originally or to allow each element to retain its separate identity as a means of adding interest or meaning to the composition.
David Hockney is a painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer. Cubism is like montage in the sense that it is a collection of little pictures to make a bigger picture.
http://digital-photography-school.com/11-quick-food-photography-tips-to-make-mouth-watering-images
1. Pick the freshest ingredients
Flaws are visible close up so the best ingredients make the best photos.
2. Lighting is everything
Back light is key to texture among other things that make the food look more appetizing.
3. Keep it simple
Take out distractions in the background (things that aren’t needed).
4. Keep the plates clean
Imperfections make the dish look messy and incomplete.
5. Vary your camera angle
Different angles are creative, interesting, and appealing.
6. Food shots eating out
You can also take pictures of food after taking a bite.
My still life pictures:
Other examples:
