Case Study - Shape
Lesson 25 from: Mastering Photographic Composition and Visual StorytellingChris Weston
Case Study - Shape
Lesson 25 from: Mastering Photographic Composition and Visual StorytellingChris Weston
Lessons
Your 10,001st Photograph
03:24 2Camera Gear
03:03 3Piece of Gear We Always Forget
03:47 4Be a Storyteller
03:09 5Finding Ideas For Photography - Know Your Subject
06:59 6Cae Study - Why Are Zebras Black and White Striped
01:30 7Photograph What You Love
02:00 8See the Extraordinary in Ordinary Things
01:31Have an Opinion
01:46 10See With a Child’s Eyes
02:34 11Tell Your Story
08:46 12Find a Needle in the Haystack
01:38 13Lions Hunting Under Star Trails
04:21 14Ansel Adams and Visualisation in Practice
03:20 15Keeping an Open Mind and Thinking on Your Feet
02:47 16Case Study - The Maternal Bond
02:42 17Don’t Tell the Same Old Story
02:38 18Relevance
01:06 19#1 Reason Photographs Fail
02:57 20Getting Rid of Clutter
03:59 21Post Capture Cropping
02:04 22The Elements of Design
02:31 23Elements of Design
01:38 24Elements of Design - Shape
02:21 25Case Study - Shape
02:11 26Elements of Design - Color
01:55 27Case Study - Color
01:50 28Color in Camera
01:42 29Pattern
01:54 30Texture
02:24 31Seeing The Elements of Design
08:52 32Gestalt Theory
05:10 33Case Study - Cove
01:36 34Case Study - Hat
02:09 35Light and Contrast
01:54 36Light and Form
01:26 37Light and Depth
03:48 38Perspective
02:28 39Lenses and Perspective
02:47 40Rule of Thirds
02:48 41Centre of Frame
01:36 42Case Study - Positioning the Subject
01:48 43Positioning the Subject - Dynamic Symmetry
03:20 44The Horizon Line
02:52 45Should the Horizon Line Always be Straight and Level
02:13 46Other Lines
04:57 47Rhythm, Balance, and Visual Weight
02:59 48Negative Space
02:29 49The Two Most Important Controls on Your Camera
03:41 50Training the Mind
04:26Lesson Info
Case Study - Shape
At first glance, this is an uneventful street scene, everyday life in Marrakech. But let me show you what else I saw. There are the obvious shapes, the elongated rectangles of the tower on walls, the smaller rectangles of the windows. The arch is seen in the doorways and on the tower itself. There are the explicit vertical lines formed by the trees, and the lamppost on horizontal line have seen in the top edges of the walls and the pavement edge in the near foreground. There's color the red banner against the blue sky, the red and white stripes in the curb, on the pinky orange of the building itself. And there's pattern in the mosaic work at the top of the tower on this texture, rough texture in the brickwork of the tower and smoother texture on the wall. Every one of the elements I've described is an image in and of itself. I chose to focus on the element of shape. I spent some time walking around the whole structure, exploring all the possibilities on where the main wall ends. Here I...
found what I was looking for. This image is about shape. There are two bowl triangles, one created by the framing, the other created by the shadow. The top part of the picture is split by two symmetrical polygons, which give the image balance yet contrast with the dynamism of the two triangles. To create visual tension. There's an arrow pointing to the intersection. The complementary colors are engine blew flat in the image to make it more abstract. Now, to show you what I mean. If I make the image monochrome, it becomes more three dimensional. Firstly, with a blue filter setting, we get separation between the vertical wall in the sky. Compare this with the color version, and you can clearly see the difference. Change it again. This time, processing the image using a red filter setting on the separation between triangle and sky now appears as a crack in the wall. The same scene free. Completely different stories, all based solely around the subject of shape
Ratings and Reviews
Edmund Cheung
Perhaps the style of presentation and simple, short, and direct messaging does not "jive" with some; but others may really love this. Yes the production of each episode is stylized and perhaps a bit formal (like a TV Show?), but there is something to be said about it. Perhaps this is not meant for professional photographers? I think of myself as decent amateur / high level photographer. I found lots of great nuggets of wisdom and inspiration from this. Especially when I an in a rut for creativity. Yes I have heard all these concepts and ideas before. BUT it is always great to hear and see a different way of presentation and voice. Please do NOT take the naysayer reviews as the end all. You should judge for yourself and watch a few episodes. If the style and content click for you, I would highly recommend this course.
Abdullah Alahmari
Thanks a lot to mr. Chris Weston This course is great and It is a 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 course for me. Beside the other course ( mastering the art of photography ) both courses are Complementing to each other and highly recommended.
Kai Atherton
While I am perhaps more advanced in my photography then this course. It is always great to be able to go back to fundamentals and remind ourselves of the basic principles, and even camera function. I thoroughly enjoyed this course and Chris's other. It is a great motivational jumpstart when lacking fresh creative idea's.
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