What makes the these photos so effective? Specifically, what could you learn about composition from Nicholas Goodden's photographs? Today you are learning how to take minimalist photographs in the style of Nicholas Goodden, with a focus on shape, pattern and composition - in particular, negative space. To be successful in today's photoshoot, you will need to: - Look closely at details of the building, with a specific focus on trying to find interesting patterns and shapes in the buildings - Use a bit of imagination and creativity - you can make boring bits look interesting if you are clever with your camera and editing! - Frame your photos effectively, making sure to leave plenty of negative space - Use rule of thirds with some of your photos - have your focal point to the side Miss Wilson's Examples: Under your Nicholas Goodden research, add a gallery and upload your photographs. Also save them to your area. Open your best 2 photos in photoshop. Edit them to enhance their style, using: - Crop - enhance composition if needed - Curves/brightness contrast to enhance shadows - maybe use the burn tool too in places - Select tool - select the background and add a fill colour - he often uses green/blue - Other? Get creative! Upload your edited photos side by side when complete underneath your gallery, and the title 'Edited Photos'. Copy and paste these sentences below your edits then complete to review this task.
Through this photoshoot, I learnt how to... Looking at the work of Nicholas Goodden challenged me to think in a different way about how I take photographs by... Something I could develop further is... Going for gold? Use some key words! composition negative space focal point zoom crop frame contrast pattern shape
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