COMPOSITION & VISUAL CONSTRUCTION OF AN IMAGE

FIBONACCI SEQUENCE & THE GOLDEN RECTANGLE

The Fibonacci Series is a sequence of numbers rst created by Leonardo Fibonacci in 1202. It is a deceptively simple series, but its ramications and applications are nearly limitless. It has fascinated and perplexed mathematicians for over 700 years

1.6180339 Golden Ratio

GOLDEN SPIRAL

GARY WINOGRAND

GOLDEN SECTION
Vitruvius, in the 1st Century B.C., After studying Pompeii wall paintings, wrote in his De Architectura The best point to place the main subject of a painting was at the golden inter-section. This is at the intersection of a 3 to 2 ratio on the painting. When you are composing your image, place the main interest on the golden spot.

PHOTOGRAPHY IS ABOUT FINDING WHAT CAN HAPPEN IN THE FRAME. WHEN YOU PUT FOUR EDGES AROUND SOME FACTS, YOU CHANGE THOSE FACTS. THE FRAME CREATES A WORLD AND PHOTOGRAPHY IS ABOUT THAT WORLD" " GARY WINOGRAND

EDWARD WESTON

GOLDEN TRIANGLE

JOSEF KOUDELKA

GARY WINOGRAND

RULE OF THIRDS

THE RULE OF THIRDS STATES THAN AN IMAGE IS MOST PLEASING WHEN ITS SUBJECTS OR REGIONS ARE COMPOSED ALONG IMAGINARY LINES WHICH DIVIDE THE IMAGE INTO THIRDS BOTH VERTICALLY AND HORIZONTALLY"

SEBASTIAO SALGADO

BREAKING THE RULE OF THIRDS

BILL HENSON

ELEANOR CARUCCI

JOHANNES VERMEER

DESIGN ELEMENTS: LINE

JOEL STERNFELD

THOMAS STRUTH

ANDREAS GURSKY

EDGAR MARTINS

PERSPECTIVE & THE ILLUSION OF DEPTH

CANDIDA HFER

SPACE & PERSPECTIVE: EXPANDED VIEW

BILL BRANDT

MARTIN PARR

SPACE & PERSPECTIVE: COMPRESSED PERSPECTIVE

MICHAEL WOLF

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL VIEWPOINT: LOOKING DOWN UPON

CINDY BERNARD

OLIVIO BARBIERI

MASSIMO VITALI

RICHARD MISRACH

VIEWPOINT: CAMERA HEIGHT - LOOKING STRAIGHT ON

BETTINA VON ZWEHL

NICHOLAS NIXON

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL VIEWPOINT: LOOKING THROUGH

BILL HENSON

LARRY SULTAN

PHILIP LORCA DI CORCIA

NAOYA HATAKEYAMA

DEPTH OF FIELD: SHALLOW

RICHARD RENALDI

DAVID LEVINTHAL

ELEANOR CARUCCI

DEPTH OF FIELD: EXTENDED

GREGORY CREWDSON

LISA SAFARTI

FRAMES WITHIN FRAMES

CASPER DAVID FRIEDRICH

ELEANOR CARUCCI

FOCAL POINT: HIGH KEY

ARNHEL DE SERRA

FOCAL POINT: LOW KEY

ORI GERSHT

REFLECTIONS

LISA SAFARTI

GRAIN

WILLIAM KLEIN