The+Lens+as+Eye

We will begin this unit by asking what makes a photograph timeless?
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Learning to see with your camera:
===**Composition is the placement of elements within the restriction of the frame of the photo. On a 35mm camera this is a rectangle. The trick is to decide at what to point the camera.** **A photo has two main parts. First is the subject; what we decide to photograph. Second is the treatment or how that subject is arranged within the frame.**===

===In the beginning of the course students are asked to take series of photos using a variety of compositional techniques and subjects. Examples(5 for each) of the rule of thirds, multiple points of view, leading line, framing, reflections, shadows and portraits are placed in separate folders in the drop folder under their name on our school server. Here are some examples from each category.===

Rule of Thirds:


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Different Points of View:

 * [[image:msfarrelldigitalimagery3:Alex_.JPG width="300" height="226"]] || [[image:msfarrelldigitalimagery3:catherine4.jpg width="282" height="364" align="center"]] || [[image:msfarrelldigitalimagery3:eric.JPG width="313" height="234"]] ||

Framing:

 * [[image:msfarrelldigitalimagery3:alex2.JPG width="313" height="247"]] || [[image:msfarrelldigitalimagery3:brooke5.JPG width="280" height="253"]] || [[image:msfarrelldigitalimagery3:framing.JPG width="318" height="252"]] ||

Shadows: See how other photographers interpret shadow photography http://www.photozz.com/fizz/8344328.aspx

 * [[image:msfarrelldigitalimagery3:brooke2.JPG width="308" height="260"]] || [[image:msfarrelldigitalimagery3:emil_shadow.jpg width="234" height="313"]] || [[image:msfarrelldigitalimagery3:IMG_1308.JPG width="358" height="268"]] ||

Reflections:

 * [[image:msfarrelldigitalimagery3:Edward_reflection.JPG width="312" height="233"]] || [[image:msfarrelldigitalimagery3:alex_h_9.JPG width="324" height="238"]] || [[image:msfarrelldigitalimagery3:He_Ra_3.jpg width="320" height="240"]] ||

Portraits: check out this inspiring [|portraiture line]

 * [[image:msfarrelldigitalimagery3:KevinZ.jpeg width="300" height="400"]] || [[image:msfarrelldigitalimagery3:KevinL.jpeg width="301" height="402"]] || [[image:msfarrelldigitalimagery3:Wenny.jpeg width="274" height="403"]] ||

Leading Line:

 * [[image:msfarrelldigitalimagery3:chrystal.JPG width="311" height="232"]] || [[image:msfarrelldigitalimagery3:brooke3.jpg width="269" height="400"]] || [[image:msfarrelldigitalimagery3:alex.jpg width="324" height="241"]] ||