PHOTOGRAPHY
ELECTIVES SEM 06
ONKAR GURAV 12 .B TY BARCH
PILLAI HOC COA
GUIDE : SARATH K.T.
BASIC PRICIPLES OF PHOTOGRAPHY
The basic principles of any photographic composition concerns things which influence the way in which the components are used.
1. RULE OF THIRDS
2. LEADING LINES
3. FRAMING
4.BALANCE
5.UNITY
6.CONTRAST
7.RHYTHM
8.MOVEMENT
PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON THE BASIS OF THESE PRINCIPLES
LEADING LINES
CONTRAST
FRAMING
RHYTHM
CONTRAST
RULE OF THIRDS
BALANCE
LEADING LINES
REFLECTION
GEOMETRY
RULE OF THIRDS
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
RULE OF THIRDS PORTRAIT
LOWKEY
LOWKEY
LOWKEY
LOWKEY PHOTOGRAPHY
A low key image is one that contains predominantly dark tones and colors. Like high key images, low key photography conveys atmosphere and mood. But where a high-key image feels airy and light, a low-key is usually dramatic and full of mystery. And where high-key lighting over-lights the subject to reduce contrast, low key lighting creates striking contrasts through reduced lighting. Shadows are now the primary element of the composition.
JOSEF KOUDELKA
HE IS A FRENCH STREET PHOTOGRAPHER WHO’S EMPHASIS IS ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RITUALS AS WELL AS DEATH
THE DOMINANT REASON TO CHOOSE HIM WAS THAT HIS PHOTOGRAPHS TAKES ONE TO THE AMBIENCE OF THE PICTURE WHICH SHOWS THE EXACT SITUATION OF A PLACE
REPORT ON A PHOTOGRAPHER
THE BARRIER
HIGHLIGHTING THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN SEPERATION
EPHASISING THAT THERE IS STILL ROAD LEFT STILL IT HAS BEEN BLOCKED
IN AUGUST 1968, A COMBINED FORCE OF SOVIET, BULGARIAN, POLISH AND HUNGARIAN TROOPS INVADED THE FAST-LIBERALISING CZECHOSLOVAKIA.
HE TOOK THIS PICTURE WHILE THE INVAISION ACTIVITIES STOPPED FOR A WHILE REFERING THAT TIME IS STILL GOING ON WAITING FOR NONE
THE PROTESTOR
HERE THE PICTURE SPEAKES FOR ITSELF A PROTESTOR SCREAMING ON THE ARMY WHO INVADED
FESTIVAL OF GYPSY MUSIC, TWO DAYS BEFORE THE SOVIET INVASION
THIS PICTURE HIGLIGHTS THE CONTRAST IN THE SITUATION THAT PEOPLE WERE CELEBRATING AND LATER IN TWO DAYS INVASION HAPPENED
CONCLUSION
KOUDELKA IS A MAN WHO MADE PHOTOGRAPHY THE PRIORITY OF HIS LIFE. HE SACRIFICED A LOT, AS HE NEVER HAD THE BEST FAMILY LIFE AND NEVER SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN ONE PLACE. HE WAS A NOMAD, ALWAYS ON THE GO.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, HE IS A MAN WHO WAS BRAVE ENOUGH TO DO THINGS HIS WAY. HE VALUED HIS FREEDOM ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE, AND TOOK HIS PHOTOGRAPHY VERY SERIOUSLY.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT HE IS ABSOLUTELY BRUTAL WHEN IT COMES TO SELF-EDITING HIS OWN WORK. HE KNOWS WHEN TO KILL HIS WEAK PHOTOS, AND SPENDS A LOT OF TIME BEFORE DECIDING WHICH OF HIS PHOTOS ARE THE BEST.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE ARE MANY LESSONS WE CAN LEARN FROM HIS PASSION, HARD WORK, AND GENIUS. BUT REMEMBER, AT THE END OF THE DAY– HE DIDN’T PURSUE HIS PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE MONEY, FAME, OR TO IMPRESS OTHERS. HE PHOTOGRAPHED FOR THE LOVE OF IT, AND FOR HIMSELF.