ACC 2.1: Portrait vs. Landscape Orientation

Digital Photography

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Lesson 2.1

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Portrait vs. Landscape Orientation

Agenda

• Knowledge Check: 1 extra credit point!!!

• Portrait vs. Landscape Orientation
• Composition Techniques I

Reminders & Important Dates

4/30 Unit 2 Test!

4.28 2.4 Assignment: Directional Light Techniques

U2: Knowledge Check Extra Credit!

4/23 2.2 Assignment Composition Techniques

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2.1.1

Unit 2

UNIT 2

Importance of Composition & Light

Overview

2 Assignments1 test

In this unit, you will explore basic compositional and lighting techniques in photography and analyze how they enhance the visual appeal of a photograph. You will also apply and practice both these techniques and develop your own photography skills.

2.1

Unit 2

UNIT 2

pORTRAIT VS. LANDSCAPE

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2.1.1: Portrait vs Landscape Orientation

Unit 2

VOCAB

OBJECTIVES

• Resources
• U2: Knowledge Check
• Complete ALL questions to earn 1-point extra credit that will be added to your Unit 2 Test!!!!cance

• COMPARE the space available in two types of orientations: portrait & landscape
• IDENTIFY the positive & negative space in a photograph
• RELATE positive & negative space to orientations & composition
• IDENTIFY when to use a specific orientation type

• Composition
• Frame
• Landscape Orientation
• Portrait Orientation
• Positive Space

Completed Guided Notes

Guided Notes

Study Guides

A photographer makes many choices during the photography process. Lighting, camera angle, foreground, color, and background are some elements a photographer considers when taking a photograph. One of the first things a photographer thinks about when they compose their shot is how to orient their camera.

Should an image be in a vertical or horizontal orientation?

Vertical

Horizontal

framing

When visualizing a shot, you need to think about the frame of your photograph. In photography, framing refers to the PROCESS of composing a photograph.

Orientation in Photography

In photography, composition refers to HOW the subject or subjects in a photograph are arranged. While composing a photograph, one of your choices is whether the subject would look better in a taller or wider frame. This determines the orientation of the photograph.

There are TWO types of orientation in photography:

• Portrait orientation, or vertical orientation, is when a photograph is TALLER than it is wide.

• Landscape orientation, or horizontal orientation, is when a photograph is WIDER than it is tall.

Portrait

Landscape

Same Subject

Horizontal

Vertical

Before taking a photo consider the following questions:

• Are there elements/objects that are TALLER than they are wide?

• Are there certain elements that are WIDER than they are tall?

• How would these elements impact the image composition?

Positive & Negative Space

The main subject is Positive Space

The main subject of a photograph is the positive space, while the background is the negative space. Because a photograph's goal is to tell a story it's important to draw attention to the main subject. To do that, think about the composition before taking a photo and to how bring attention to the main subject (positive space) through the use of space

The background is Negative Space

Portrait Orientation

Landscape Orientation

The positive space in landscape orientation will most likely be along the horizontal axis of the image frame.

The positive space in portrait orientation will typically be on the VERICAL axis of the frame.

Relationship between orientation

Positive & Negative Space!

AND

How can positive & negative spaces be used in portrait & landscape orientation?

The positive space is MORE vertical than horizontal!

The positive space is MORE horiztonal than vertical!

Landscape Orientation

Portrait Orientation

When to use Portrait or landscape orientation?

One of the 1st rules of photographic composition is the orientation of the camera. Though there is no rule that photographers must follow, some subjects look better in portrait orientation while other are more appealing in landscape orientation.

Landscape Orientation

Portrait Orientation

When to use portrait orientation?

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A tall subject, such as a single building or a person that occupies vertical space, is better suited for portrait orientation.

Photography Styles that typically use portrait orientation are:

• Portraiture with 1 or 2 people
• Fashion Photography
• Couples

Portrait orientation means holding your camera so that the frame is taller than it is wide.

Portrait Orientation

Portrait Orientation

Positive & Negative Space!

AND

The positive space is MORE vertical than horizontal!

Tall subjects & Portraits of 1 or 2 people

Portraits mid-body

Portraits full body

Portraits headshots

Tall Subjects

When to use landscape orientation?

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A wide subject, like a mountain, that occupies horizontal space is better suited for a landscape orientation image. These features expand across the frame, and you want to capture as much of the expansion as possible.

Landscape orientation means holding your camera so that the frame is wider than it is tall.

Landscape Orientation

Photography styles that typically use LANDSCAPE orientation are:

Event Photography

Landscape Photography

Horizontal Movement

Street Photography

Group Photography

Landscape orientation

Moving Subjects

The dog in this photo is the focus, with a blurred background as negative space. The landscape orientation enhances the image by showcasing the dog's movement in open, horizontal space, making it visually appealing.

Active Space: gives the dog a space to run.

Subject moving horizontally through space

Landscape orientation

Landscapes

The person in the red coat is the main subject, but the waterfall background enhances the image. Landscape orientation keeps positive space horizontally.

Subject is WIDER than it is tall.

Landscape orientation

Close-ups

Active Space

This close-up image of dandelion seeds works well in landscape orientation because the additional seeds in the background fill the space horizontally.

Subject is WIDER than it is tall.

Landscape orientation

keeps the positive space on the horizontal axis. The horizontal, positive space takes up most of the image frame.

Subject is WIDER than it is tall.

Do any of these photos use Positive Space well?

Click the numbers.

In which scenario would you use portrait orientation to compose a photograph?

Select 2 that apply.

Taking a class photo after a graduation ceremony

Photographing the Allegheny mountain range on a field trip

Photographing the Statue of Liberty from a boat

Photographing a bridal gown on display at a store

Which 2 images are Portrait Orientation?

Select 2 that apply.

RECAP

Before taking a photo:

• Decide orientation: Portrait (tall/vertical axis) or Landscape orientation (wide/horizontal axis)

• Portrait Orientation: Positive space is on the vertical axis (portraits, couples, tall subjects, and fashion photography)

• Landscape Orientation: positive space occupies the horizontal axis (landscapes, group portraits, event photography, and street photography)

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lesson 2.1: Composition Techniques I

Portraits of 1 or 2 People

Kobe Bryant was a very successful basketball player. A plain, bright background allows Bryant, the subject, to pop out. This image was made in a studio that controlled the background and negative space. The positive space, Bryant, occupies the vertical axis in portrait orientation.

Portraits of 1 or 2 People

This photo was taken in a studio and has a bright background with no distractions. The bright orange color contrast nicely with the positive space of the subject. In portrait orientation, the positive space tends to follow the vertical axis of the photo's frame.

Portraits of 1 or 2 People

In this image, the woman is the main subject and represents positive space. Though there is not a lot of negative space in this picture, it is monochromatic and, therefore, complements the subject. The positive space occupies the vertical axis in portrait orientation.

Tall Subjects

Use portrait orientation when photographing tall subjects such as buildings in a landscape. The positive space of the building not only occupies the vertical axis in portrait orientation, it takes up most of the space in the photograph.

The cat is the subject and is considered to be the positive space. The positive space (the cat) occupies the vertical axis in portrait orientation.