Photography Composition and File Formats

In the above image, taken by Erika Dotson of Erika Dotson Photography, the subject is framed by the doorway. I think the look of the framing and its use really made this picture. The file format is a JPG. As mentioned during lecture JPGs have a lower image quality.

The picture above shows the rule of thirds. Though the large stone of the ring isn't precisely on the top right point of placement, it is very close. The rule of thirds gave this image a much more professional and focused look. I took this photo, but pulled it off of Facebook for this assignment. This image is also a JPG. Typically, images that are uploaded to Facebook are JPGs with low resolution. Facebook has recently created an option for uploading high resolution images.

The image above, taken of a rice field, shows curved leading lines. This image was taken off a blog I wrote for my internship and was also a lower resolution JPG.

Clearly, simply saving an image off the internet probably isn't an option for a high quality graphic design project. There are websites where you can purchase high resolution images, or you can take your own high resolution images with a DSLR camera.

Principles and Theories

The above blog layout employed balance to keep posts and the other boxes in harmony. Though a very simple design principle, balance really helped keep the design clean.

The above ad obviously uses continuance, however it also uses dominance. The road is dominant to the chickens burrowing under the road. The ad is for a car, the eye looks from the road to the chickens and the brain almost expects the car to roll through the picture. I thought the use of both continuance and dominance worked well.

The above ad creatively employs closure in its design. In the hand shown is a cigarette, the shadow however implies that the hand is holding a gun. When this ad is viewed, the brain finishes the message on its own: Cigarettes will kill you. I thought this was a great use of closure.