Introduction
Welcome
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Using this course
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What you need to know
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1. Understanding Composition
What is composition?
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All form, all the time
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2. Seeing
How your camera is not like your eye
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Looking vs. seeing
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Vision and attention
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Dynamic range
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Seeing exercises
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3. Composition Fundamentals
What all good compositions have
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Subject and background
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Balance
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Point of view
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Simplicity
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Finding and capturing a good photo
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Working the shot: Why one is never enough
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Practicing
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Why black and white?
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Exercise: Practicing the fundamentals with points
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4. Geometry: Lines and Shapes
Lines
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Analyzing lines
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Exploring a town
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The Franklin Hotel
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Shapes
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Repetition: Arranging the elements
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Rule of threes
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Perspective
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Symmetry
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Focal length, camera position, and depth
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Intersections
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Exercise: Practicing fundamentals with geometry
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5. Shooting Best Practices
Working a shot, revisited
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Understanding the photographic impulse
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Warming up
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Exercise: Get your feet moving
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6. Balance Revisited
Thirds: How rectangular frames are weighted
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Tonal balance
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Content balance
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Squares: Weighting the corners
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Composing people
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Composing landscapes
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Sometimes you can't get the shot
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Practicing thirds with points and geometry
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Practicing squares with points and geometry
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Image analysis: The work of Steve Simon
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7. Light
It's the light
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Direction of light
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Texture
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Shadows and negative space
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Exposure concerns
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Keeping one eye on post
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Light as subject
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8. Workshop: Finding Light
Introducing the workshop location and instructors
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Assignment: Finding light
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Shooting the light
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Critiquing the light assignment
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9. Color
The basics of color
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When to shoot color
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How to shoot color
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Practicing color composition
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Image analysis: The work of Paul Taggart
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10. Guiding the Viewer
Entry and exit
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Framing
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Examining the composition of this set
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Narrative
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When the scene doesn't fit in the frame
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Guiding the viewer's eye
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11. Workshop: Foreground and Background
Assignment: Foreground and background
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Shooting foreground and background relationships
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Critiquing the foreground and background assignment
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12. Layers
Planes
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Controlling depth
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Juxtaposition
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Fear
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Layers
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Image analysis: The work of Connie Imboden
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13. Post Production
Recomposing an image with the Crop tool
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Resizing an image
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Tone
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Altering the perspective in Photoshop
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Changing composition through retouching
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Vignetting to drive attention
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14. Workshop Exhibition and Wrap-Up
Workshop wrap-up and exhibition
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Workshop students' final thoughts
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Conclusion
Final thoughts
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