INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOGRAPHY

ART207

American University of Culture and Education Tyre Campus Course Instructor: fawaz Charafeddine - Feb 2013
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Science vs Art

Technical Side Control to avoid too light too dark too blurry

Artistic side Control to achieve inspiration composition feeling

Making pictures rather than Taking pictures

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EXPOSURE
Amount of light that hits the sensor

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SENSOR
The chip that receives the light

Full sensor is 35mm = professional lm standard 35mm sensor on 50mm lens Light sensors are 21mm in size 21mm sensor --- 30mm lens is equal to 35mm sensor --- 50mm lens a 50mm on a full sensor is equivalent to 80mm on a light sensor 21mm in size
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SENSOR
The chip that receives the light

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ISO

International Standard Organization

Sensitivity of camera sensor to light

Range: 100 - 400 / sunny outdoors 400 - 1200 / indoors 1600 / low light situations

Th e H I G H E R t h e I S O t h e grainier the image

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Exposure Compensation

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APERTURE - A
Size of lens hole measured in f/no

The smaller the number the wider the hole

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APERTURE - A
Depth of Field

is how much the picture is in focus.

Depth of Field is a balance between foreground and background

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SHUTTER SPEED - S
How fast the lens hole opens and closes to expose the sensor to light. measured in seconds

starts from bulb to 1/64000 ms

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CONTROL
M mode is full manual mode

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FOCAL LENGTH
50mm resembles the human eye

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FOCAL LENGTH
50mm resembles the human eye

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DSLR

Digital Single Lens Reex

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THE SUBJECT
What is your photograph about?

Make PHOTOGRAPHS that tell a story

Your subject is what you want the viewer to see rst when they look at your image

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THE SUBJECT

Make PHOTOGRAPHS that tell a story

What are the components of your photograph? - Background - Foreground - Light - Color - Contrast - Focus - Motion - Negative space - Frame

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COMPOSITION

Make PHOTOGRAPHS that tell a story

Something that is created by arranging several things to form a unied whole A COMBINATION OF ELEMENTS

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COMPOSITION
Rule of Thirds

COMPONENTS

Golden Section

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COMPOSITION
Rule of Thirds

COMPONENTS

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COMPOSITION
Leading Lines

COMPONENTS

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COMPOSITION
View Point

COMPONENTS

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COMPOSITION
Framing

COMPONENTS

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COMPOSITION
Negative Space

COMPONENTS

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COMPOSITION
Symmetry

COMPONENTS

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COMPOSITION
Texture

COMPONENTS

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COMPOSITION
Background

COMPONENTS

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LIGHTING

NATURAL

Magic Hours: 1- Early Morning 2- Early Evening natural light is soft and abundant disable ash for interiors INSTEAD use a natural light source. Use Tripod

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ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING PARAMOUNT LIGHT Buttery - Shadow

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LIGHTING LOOP LIGHT

ARTIFICIAL

Shallow Buttery - Shadow

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ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING REMBRANDT LIGHT 45 degree

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LIGHTING SPLIT LIGHT

ARTIFICIAL

Light VS Shadow

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LIGHTING PROFILE LIGHT

ARTIFICIAL

Rim Lighting

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LIGHTING
Time of Day

NATURAL

Contrast

Color

Direction of Light
Vertical

Midday

Highest

Neutral white

Magic Hour Evening - Morning Golden Hour - Sun rise - sun set Twilight - Dawn Dusk

High

Slightly Warm

Mid to Low

Medium

Warm

Near Horizontal

Low

Cold

Below Horizon

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LIGHTING MIDDAY

NATURAL

Time of Day

Contrast

Color

Direction of Light

Midday

Highest

Neutral white

Vertical

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NATURAL LIGHTING EVENING _ MORNING

Time of Day Magic Hour Evening Morning

Contrast

Color

Direction of Light

High

Slightly Warm

Mid to Low

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LIGHTING GOLDEN HOUR

NATURAL

Time of Day Golden Hour - Sun rise - sun set

Contrast

Color

Direction of Light Near Horizontal

Medium

Warm

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NATURAL LIGHTING TWILIGHT - DUSK DAWN

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LIGHTING SHADE

NATURAL

Time of Day

Contrast

Color

Direction of Light

Twilight Dawn Dusk

Low

Cold

Below Horizon

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COLOR PRIMARY

Red + Yellow = Orange Yellow + Blue = Green

SECONDARY

- Helps tell a story, draws attention to a certain point. - Psychological Level - Evocative Emotions - Mood (movies) - Color depends on light - Composition in color

Red + Blue = Purple

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COLOR
PSYCHOLOGY

COLOR SPACES

RED BLUE YELLOW GREEN ORANGE VIOLET

stimulating calm bright restful cheerful impressive

RGB Red, Green, Blue Light Colors

PARAMETERS
HUE: color SATURATION: chroma - Strength

CYMK Cyan, Yellow, Magenta, Black Paint Colors

BRIGHTNESS: Value - Tint vs Shade

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COLOR

COLOR SPACES

Adobe RGB sRGB

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COLOR Monochromatic
Using one basic color with its values and saturations

COLOR SCHEMES

Analogous
Two or three adjacent colors

Complementary
Opposite colors. Split Contemporary: one and its opposite secondaries

Intermediate
A primary with its near by secondary three colors separated by the same amount of colors
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Triadic

COLOR Dominant Color Color Isolation Advancing Colors Receding Colors

TECHNIQUE

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CONTRAST
is the difference between light & dark.

DEFINITION

Two Types: 1- Tonal Contrast

in black and white

2- Color Contrast
in color

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CONTRAST

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CONTRAST

SATURATION

Color Intensity, Value and Vibrancy

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CONTRAST

SATURATION

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CONTRAST

SATURATION

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CONTRAST

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CONTRAST

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CONTRAST

in Composition

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CONTRAST

in Composition

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