Science Behind Photography

How to capture your photography

display

lens curve

control

photgrapher captures what they want the audience to see

constraints

what is limiting the photographer

audience

capture what the audience wants the phtoographer to capture

exigence

condition or idea

"everyday"

modernity and history of photography

transparent

imagine beyond what is in front of us

equivalences

within the surroundings and relating them and having them show through in the photograph

"bracketing"

testing exposures and only visible light

transparency of photo oils

(black and white) allows details to come through the image

natural light

taking advantage of the gifts of nature or what is being captured

"scene"

continue to be captured

made ready in that instant

audience perceives

make the audience feel what the photographer felt when capturing the photograph

object sizes

point of idea and what is actually being focused

flash

different areas affect how they are captured

weddings, advertising, editorial, visual art, fashion, etc.

monochrome

"classic" look in black and white

appeal

what draws the audience into the photograph

rhetors

capture what the photographer wants to capture, rather than what they think the audience will want

negative image

create a positive image on paper base

interpretation

representation

avaliable light

"brings beauty out of the darkness"

close-up

later can be explored in detail

with technology, the photographer can choose the colors (keep or change)

mood

illuminates character of the photography

sharing

not keeping to the photographer, rather allowing to present others with the idea or concept

lines

curving: motion and growth

many interpretations

lead eye as it explores an image

define and describe edges

physical environment

setting and photograph are one and the same

color

lead eye to idea