Photography: Art and Techniques Specialization

Overview

“Let's look at different compositions and crops of images and how they change the balance and the effect of an image. We will compare different crops and compositions using the same sample image to see what difference these make to the given image.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Examine Composition, Crop, and Ratio, which is part of the Domestika online course: Photography: Art and Techniques Specialization. Master basic camera skills, explore photography theory, and capture unique images using any type of camera.

Partial transcription of the video

“Composition In this lesson, we'll talk about composition, crop and ratio, which is important because it affects the balance and effect of your image. I'll show you examples from my portfolio of images where I chose certain compositions in certain crops to have a certain effect. Let's start with this first one. It's a completely central composition but I chose it because it's so much going on in this image. I wanted the object to be completely in the middle, because otherwise it's too wild and it's already with this tilted horizon and with the double figure that is kind of hanging there. If ...”

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Course summary for: Photography: Art and Techniques Specialization

• Level: Beginner
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• 2970 students
• 7 units
• 92 lessons (14h 16m)
• 37 downloads

• Category

  Photography & Video

• Areas

  Color Theory, Digital Photography, Lifestyle Photography, Outdoor Photography, Photographic Composition, Photographic Lighting, Photography, Self-Portrait Photography, Studio Photography