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Journalist 3 & 2 - Introduction to Journalism and other reporting practices
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Art Giberson 165.7 Figure 12-16.—“S” composition. “S” The  “S”  composition,  covered  earlier  as  curved lines,  is  undoubtedly  the  one  photographers  use  most and the one most popular with viewers (fig. 12-16). RHYTHM OR PATTERN One    word    often    heard    in    connection    with photographs  is  rhythm.  It  simply  means  a  repetition  of some kind and maybe a shape or a line (fig. 12-17). An illustration in nature is that of a field of wheat, blown by the wind, with each shaft of grain being uniformly bent in the breeze, producing rhythm with changing patterns. TONE Tone   refers   to   the   color   of   each   object   in   a photograph.  In  black-and-white  photography,  the  gray would run from white through all shades of gray to black One of the most effective ways of giving impact to the point of interest is to contrast it sharply by color with the other objects in the photograph. Variations   in   tones   or   contrast   are   important elements in the distribution of weight in a composition. Darker  tones  create  the  impression  of  greater  weight. Thus  a  large  light-toned  object  can  be  counterbalanced by  a  smaller  dark-toned  object.  The  contrasting  tones may be nothing more than shadows or cloud formations. The  balancing  of  equal  or  unequal  tonal  areas  can  be simplified    by    dividing    the    photograph    space    and arranging    the    objects    in    opposite    thirds    of    the photograph  or  at  the  intersections  of  the  vertical  and horizontal lines. DEPTH PERCEPTION As  far  as  the  physical  characteristics  of  a  photo- graph  are  concerned,  it  has  only  two  dimensions  — length and width. Nevertheless, since we are 12-18







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