Akins Photojournalism

Monday, November 05, 2007

What the pros are doing - Repetition in this week's photos

Overview
A great source of timely, newsworthy photos is Time's photos of the week. In this lesson, you will look through this week's photos and look for a new advanced composition technique.

Remember the Advanced techniques

In a previous lesson, you learned about the following advanced techniques:

Simplicity, The Rule of Thirds, Lines, Balance , Framing, Avoiding Mergers

If you would like to review these, go here:
Kodak Site

Learn the New technique - Repetition

Today, you will explore how photojournalists used one additional advanced technique in this week's Time photos of the week.

The technique
Repetition - By lining up identical shapes, color, or objects, in the frame, the photographer can lead the viewer's eye through the photo.

Do the following:
Go to:
Time photos of the week

Post the following on your blog:
Find and save at least three photos that are excellent examples of repetition, and briefly explain what is repeated and how it leads the eye through the frame:
Also copy and paste the caption (explanation of what is happening in the photo) under each photo.

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