Photography Conventions

A guide to using Photography and design conventions in your Photographs every day A selection of student work to help illustrate convention A quick guide

Contrast (make things stand out colour, texture, shape)

Holly Davey

This can be achieved in lots of ways. By opposite contrasting colours on the colour wheel, by opposite textures like rough and smooth, and by different shapes (curves against straight lines).

Get creative and ensure you think about..... ● ● ● ● ● ●

Portrait or Landscape format?

Think about how you are framing the image?

Take more than 5 images to take your time to focus your photo properly try to create a good composition so don't make it all about the subject matter.

Give yourself enough time to get back to class and upload your images

Depth of Field (Background Blur)

Catie Raymer

These are images that have one thing in focus and either the background (and sometimes foreground) out of focus and blurry Get creative and ensure you think about..... ● ● ● ● ● ●

Portrait or Landscape format?

Think about how you are framing the image?

Take more than 5 images to take your time to focus your photo so you have the focal point in focus You can tap the screen of your phone to choose the area you want to focus on Give yourself enough time to get back to class and upload your images

Close Up Macro

Lane Foster

These are images that really take a close up view of objects showing lots of detail Get creative and ensure you think about..... ● ● ● ● ● ●

Portrait or Landscape format?

Think about how you are framing the image?

Take more than 5 images to take your time to focus your photo properly ensure the background isn't too busy and distracting from the object you are photographing Give yourself enough time to get back to class and upload your images

Rule of Thirds Compositional device

Amelie A.N

These are images that use a 3 x 3 grid to help create a pleasing composition Look for things that can sit on one of the grid points or line up a horizon line on one of the horizontal thirds Get creative and ensure you think about..... ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Portrait or Landscape format?

Think about how you are framing the image?

Take more than 5 images to take your time to focus your photo properly Use the grid setting if you have one on your phone think about the grid. Can you find a strong horizontal or vertical element to line up?

Give yourself enough time to get back to class and upload your images

Negative Space What you leave out

Kelsey

These are images that have a large area of the image where there is space for the eye to rest.

Look for things that have subtle texture It is harder than you think and you need to balance the space with something interesting to look at Get creative and ensure you think about..... ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Portrait or Landscape format?

Think about how you are framing the image as this will be really important? avoid "thing in the middle" Take more than 5 images to take your time to focus your photo properly you still need something interesting in the image as the focal point and an interesting composition Give yourself enough time to get back to class and upload your images

Leading Lines Macro

Brooke Hansford

These are images that have strong lines that bring your eye into the image and lead you to the focal point Look for things like paths, walls, edges of buildings, fences Get creative and ensure you ● ● ● ● ● ●

Portrait or Landscape format?

Think about how you are framing the image?

Take more than 5 images take your time to focus your photo think about what your eye is leading to - is there a focal point? Something you want people to look at?

Give yourself enough time to get back to class and upload your images