Photography Angles: Types and Techniques PDF

PHOTOGRAPHY An art form with unique features that makes it different from painting.\ Merriam Webster dictionary defines art "something that is created with\ imagination and skill and that is beautiful or that expresses important ideas or\ feelings." With this definition, photography can be a tool...

PHOTOGRAPHY An art form with unique features that makes it different from painting.\ Merriam Webster dictionary defines art "something that is created with\ imagination and skill and that is beautiful or that expresses important ideas or\ feelings." With this definition, photography can be a tool to express one's ideas creatively.\ The techniques and styles of a photographer on how he will show the real\ world can be considered an art. Aside from the artist can take a photograph of\ his subject as it is, he may also arrange his subject to express his emotions or\ ideas and let the world see and understand the thoughts expressed on it.\ A photograph can give us lots of meanings, and each interpretation is based on one's field of experience or on one's culture. An artist can create number of captions to a picture as long as these support the story presented in the photograph **TYPES OF PHOTOGRAPHY ANGLES** Eye-Level Camera Angle or ELCA\ The simplest and most commonly used angle is the eye-level angle. By using this neutral angle, you can get a really close-up image of your subject.\ The eye-level angle is perfect for conveying emotion and picking up facial detail and expression. Shooting eye-level photographs will make your pictures appear more natural. Low Angle Photography or LAP\ requires looking up at your subject from below their eye level, and shooting upwards (this might involve sitting down or squatting).\ The low angle is great for making your subject seem bigger, closer, taller, and wider. It also conveys a sense of depth to your photograph. This unique perspective is commonly used in films to make a character or scene seem dominating or epic. High Angle Shot or HAS\ The high angle shot is, unsurprisingly, the opposite of a low angle. To achieve a high angle, either tilt your camera downwards or make sure you're a few inches above your subject and shoot looking down on them.\ High angle shots can significantly alter the impression of your photos, making your subject seem smaller and the surroundings appear more vast. The perspective of a high angle can result in a much more dramatic picture. Bird's-Eye View Angle or BEVA\ A more extreme version of the high angle is the bird's-eye view angle. This is when you need to be positioned so that you're looking down over\ your subject.\ The bird's-eye view angle works really well for including lots of detail in your shot. However, it can be hard to get a real bird's-eye view without a ladder!\ This angle is perfect for taking photographs of food or a still-life arrangement on a table. Dutch Angle Shot or DAS\ The Dutch angle is a camera shot with a tilt on the camera's roll axis. Also known as the Dutch tilt or canted angle, this shot produces a viewpoint mirroring a tilt of the head.\ The Dutch angle is a cinematic technique, used to portray a sense of uneasiness or tension. With roots in German Expressionism, it's often used in street style photography. Close-Up Shot or CUS\ Close-up photographs refer to a tightly cropped image that shows your subject up close, with much more detail than the human eye would perceive.\ A typical close-up camera shot would include your subject's face from the forehead to their chin. Or, it can focus on one specific detail. This type of shot would be taken using an eye level camera angle, to capture the facial features perfectly. Long Angle Shot or LAS\ Long shots are one of the best ways to identify your subject in relation to their background\ (showing a person standing in front of a famous landmark, for example).\ More can be included in the long shot, from surroundings to people. The long camera shot\ is ideal for capturing whole-body images and groups of people and is great for filming action\ sequences. Medium Shot Camera Angle or MSCA\ In between the long shot and the close-up, is the medium shot. Medium shots typically show the subject from their head to their waist. These shots are great for capturing both the facial expressions and body language of your subject.\ Medium camera shots also work well for photographing people alongside whatever background they're in. As neither the subject nor the background dominates the shot, it allows us to focus on both of them when looking at the image Painting\ This refers to the art of illustrating the artist's creativeness on a flat surface such as canvas,\ This form of art conveys lots of meaning to people. Some paintings are based on real life, but others are the products of the artists' imagination. People appreciate paintings for some\ reasons. They say if a person is cheerful, he appreciates work of arts with bright colors. Others love paintings because these artworks are related with their field of experience. ELEMENTS OF PAINTING\ Line\ Texture\ Value\ Space\ Color Line It is the simplest and universal of the six elements. It has two general categories: ⚬ (a) straight line refers to horizontal, vertical, and diagonal lines. A horizontal line connotes rest, calmness, and relaxation. A vertical line connotes poise, force and balance.\ A slanting line or Diagonal line connotes instability and loss of control.\ ⚬ (b) curved line conno Value\ This refers to lightness and darkness of a color. When colors are greatly diluted with white, they are called tints; the colors that are darker by the addition of black are called shades. Space\ The artist ought to put the objects in their proper places to help the viewers interpret the paintings. Color\ This gives life to any visual arts. It is the shade used by an artist that shows the real image of something and presents the connotation of each colored objectinthe artwork. Color\ There are two kinds of color:\ (a) Warm colors are called advancing colors because they make the objects appear larger and nearer to the viewers.\ (b) Cool colors are receding colors because they give a peaceful effect on the paintings. Hue literally means color. It refers to as pure color, or as the dominant color the object. Value\ is the quantity of white or black that is added to a hue. Intensity\ is the degree of brightness of a hue. The colors in the color color wheel are at their full intensity (bright). But once we added white, black or gray to any color becomes dull. COLOR SCHEMES Monochromatic\ is using the same hue with different gradients of value, or referring to one hue of several tones. Analogous\ involves the use of three adjacent colors in the color wheel, or the three colors next to each other Complementary colors\ consist of two colors which give a strongest contrast with one another. Split Complementary\ is a scheme using three colors. Select one color on the color wheel. Let's say green and find its complement which is red and then choose the color on each side of the red plus green to achieve split complementary scheme. Triadic\ uses three colors that are of equal distance from each other. Square Tetradic\ consists of four colors with equal spaced between them. Rectangular Tetradic\ is similar to square tetradic scheme with four colors. To achieve rectangular tetradic, draw a rectangular shape as shown in the figure below. Shape This refers to an enclosed two-dimensional area. Shape is formed whenever lines connect both ends. Rhythm\ It is a repetition of lines, shapes, sizes and colors in the artworks. Proportion It describes the relationship of dimension of the objects when compared to another object. It is important to give proportion to the elements of the artwork to emphasize their meanings. Besides, failure of the artist to do this, the resulting image will be less realistic. Rhythm\ This may be formal (symmetrical) or informal (asymmetrical).\ Formal balance is bring off if the objects are similar in forms, appearances, and sizes at equal distances from the center. This kind of arrangement of objects gives the viewers an impression of self-respect, seriousness, and formality.\ Informal balance is achieved by arranging the things which are dissimilar in shapes, appearances, and sizes at equal distance from the center. It gives an impression of something natural and relaxed. Although unlike objects follow the asymmetrical order, but still, they give a pleasing. Harmony\ This is achieved if the artwork has similar or related elements. You can also show harmony through colors, lines, shapes, forms, and texture in your work. Emphasis This is the center of attraction of the artwork. There are various ways used by an artist to show emphasis. The artist may use color, size or position of the object making the other elements appear subordinates to the main subject.