1. Nehru announces Gandhis deathPHOTO: Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1947PHOTOGRAPHY PRINCIPLES

2. Decisive moment.To take photographs means to recognize- simultaneously and within a fraction of asecond - both the fact itself and therigorous organization of visually perceivedforms that give it meaning. It is puttingone's head, one's eye and one's heart onthe same axis.Behind the Gare St. LazarePHOTO: Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1932 3. Dessau, 1945, VIDEO: unknownGoal of photojournalism: To takeyour viewer into the storyenvironment, make them feellike they are there and thenshow them something theywould not have seen even ifthey had been there. 4. Dessau, 1945, VIDEO: unknownDessauPHOTO: Henri Cartier-Bresson, , 1945 5. Composition mantras: What is the point? In that should out, out that should be in? Less sky/more sky Is there depth? Composition: What is in the frame? Focal point In that should be out; out that shouldbe inRule of thirds Less sky/more skyPerspective Relationship between lines/objects Depth of field 6. Focal pointMantra: What is the point of it all?COMPOSITION:WHAT IS IN THE FRAME? 7. Emphasize everything and youemphasize nothing 8. Focal point: The juiceof the image. The mainsubject or object thatgrabs attention.Find the point of it all. 9. Where did your eye enter the image?Burhenwald concentration camp, 1945.PHOTO: Margaret Burke-White 10. PHOTO: Jennifer Zdon, New Orleans Times-PicayuneWhere did your eye enter the image? 11. Nuremberg, 1945.PHOTO: Margaret Burke-White 12. Hero or goat? PHOTO: Evelio Conteras, Washington Post 2010 13. Focal point: What is the point of it all anyway?PHOTO: Lisa Berglund, GoldDogMedia 14. In that should be outOut that should be inCOMPOSITION:WHAT IS IN THE FRAME? 15. What is in your shot that should be out; what is out that should be in? 16. IN THAT SHOULD BE OUT 17. SOLUTION #1: MOVE 18. SOLUTION #2: WAIT 19. Rule of thirds 20. Less sky, more skyCOMPOSITION:HORIZONTAL THIRDS 21. COMPOSITION:DEPTHWhat leads your eye? 22. Depth part art, part lens, partwhere your feet are 23. Depth: Part artPerspective: relationshipbetween lines and objects thatlead the eye.Frescoe at Loreto, Melezzo 15th Century 24. Depth: Part artSeville, Spain. PHOTO: Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1932 25. Depth: Part artStreets fading lines into thedistance is a classic use ofleading lines that impliesdepth.Bandits Roost. PHOTO: Jacob Riss, 1888 26. Zoom out = long depth. Everythingin this image is in focus.Depth: Part LensZoom in = shallow depth. Only from thestatues arm to her hair is in focus.Depth of field: The distance between theclosest and the farthest point of an image thatis adequately in focus. 27. Depth: Part where your feet areGet close 28. no closer 29. PHOTO: Lisa Berglund, GoldDogMedia. 2012 30. Composition definition: The arrangement of visualelements in an image.Certain principles guide composition decisions.What is in the frame (composition) focal point what is in that should be out, out that should be in rule of thirds less sky, more skyWhat is implied in the image (depth) Perspective is the arrangement of lines andobjects that imply depth Depth of field is a photography term and is onlypossible because of optics. Depth can be inferredwhen an image has a shallow depth of field (thedistance of focus is small and the background ofan image is blurry).