Mergers

Mergers

Mergers are created when key parts of an image overlap each other or touch another key element in the picture.

There are 2 basic forms of mergers...

Good mergers help advance the theme of a photograph and keep the viewer’s eye moving in the right direction. They have careful and thoughtful arrangement of the subjects being used in the photos to create successful composition.

These types of mergers are normally planned/staged by the photographer.

 

 

Bad mergers disrupt the flow of a composition. They create jarring collisions between two or more compositional elements, interrupting the desired eye movement or adversely changing the motion.

      

Question... is the picture below an example of a good or bad merger? Please explain why.

Please answer in your class blog. Title it "Mergers Response"

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HW: Take 5 pictures that demonstrate mergers. Due Monday, 12/3!

Viewpoint/Angle

Viewpoint/Angle

Viewpoint is a way of looking at or thinking about something.

Before photographing your subject, take time to think about where you will shoot it from. Viewpoint has a massive impact on the composition of our photo, and as a result it can greatly affect the message that the shot conveys. 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.

Below are some examples of different viewpoints, or angles, used when taking photos.

Bird’s-eye View/Looking Down

When photographing a subject from above, it is known as a “bird’s-eye view”. This could be taken from up in the sky, such as when flying in a plane, or could simply be taken by standing on a ladder, slightly above your subject.

Eye Level

This is the most common way to photograph a subject. After all, it is typically the way we regard most subjects in our day to day lives, especially other people. However, there are other ways you can take pictures at eye-level and make it look different or more interesting.

Worm’s-eye View/Looking Up

Photographing from below is sometimes referred to as “worm’s-eye view”, as if you were a worm looking up at the world around you. As you can imagine, this makes all subjects look very large, even if they are very small in reality

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HW: Take 9 pictures total - 3 Birds Eye View

                                           3 Eye Level

                                           3 Worms Eye View

Due Monday, 11/19!

 

Lines

Lines

Lines have many uses in a photograph. They can divide, unify, or accent certain parts of a composition. They can also lead the viewer's eyes throughout an image. 

Vertical Lines- go up and down 




Horizontal- go from left to right (or right to left)





S Curves- curved line (similar to an S shape)




Leading Lines- typically straight lines that LEAD a viewer to look somewhere (usually in the center)

Pay special attention to man made objects such  as: roads fences boardwalks bridges bricks anything in a row such as lamp posts buildings doorways window panes

In nature, pay particular attention to: rivers shorelines waves sand dunes trees tall grass cliffs rocks sun rays