Improving your Photographic Skills

Most photographers "shoot from the hip" so to speak and spend little or no time mastering the essentials of good composition. They use the camera like a gun site, aiming at the center of their interest instead of creating a visual piece of art. Some photographers are instinctively talented and artistic in their work, others can learn from the masters.

We will be covering the following topics:

*Use of the Golden Mean in the composition of your photos.
*Use of implied lines to hold your picture together; ie. the vertical and the horizontal, diagonal and the curve, the circle and the pyramid, the radii, the cross and the rectangle.
*Value of colors:Warm or cold, weak or strong, quiet and moody, bright and strong.
*Staying clear of balance in photography, it can dull the senses.
*Strive to have only one "center of interest" in a shot.

If time permits we will cover some of these points as well.

Center of interest
Subject placement
Simplicity
Viewpoint and camera angle
Balance
Shapes and lines
Pattern
Volume
Lighting
Texture
Tone
Contrast
Framing
Foreground
Background
Perspective

Hope to see you at our next meetup: February 19th at 7:00 p.m.

Refreshments and hors d'oeuvre will be served.
Fee $10