Photography for Beginners: Professional Techniques
The photographic plane: balance and perspective
A course by Gerardo Montiel Klint , Photographer
About the video: The photographic plane: balance and perspective
Overview
“Next, we are going to explore how to balance and give depth to that two-dimensional plane that photography is through a couple of exercises.”
In this video lesson Gerardo Montiel Klint addresses the topic: The photographic plane: balance and perspective, which is part of the Domestika online course: Photography for Beginners: Professional Techniques. Learn the fundamentals of photography and digital camera use to capture images that convey your artistic vision.
Partial transcription of the video
“The photographic plane: balance and perspective We continue with the approach to the expressive side of the composition. Now let's see the balance. As the name says, an image can be balanced or unbalanced and this we will know as the symmetry or its counterpart, asymmetry. Let's do the exercise to make it clearer. In this exercise we are going to work with symmetry and with its counterpart, which is asymmetry. It is very simple, we will start from the human body. Virtually all humans are symmetrical. At the left-side, we are practically identical to our right side. Here we can see it with t...”
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Course summary for: Photography for Beginners: Professional Techniques
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Digital Photography, Fine-Art Photography, Photographic Composition, Photography
Gerardo Montiel Klint
A course by Gerardo Montiel Klint
Gerardo Montiel Klint, born in Mexico City, studied industrial design at the Ibero-American University and is a photographer and member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte FONCA. He has received numerous awards including the Premio de Adquisición at the 11th and 13th edition of the Bienal de Fotografía in México.
His work has appeared in countless renowned art collections in the USA, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, and many more. He has also taken part in both individual and group exhibitions in Mexico, Argentina, Hungary, Colombia, Brazil, the USA, Uruguay, France, Spain, Italy, Japan, and China. He is cofounder of Hydra, a networking and production platform for contemporary photography. He currently codirects the production and photography studio Klint & Photo, specialized in advertising, interior design, fashion, and portraiture.
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