Photoshop

05/01/07

Sometimes a photographer might take a picture but you might not be totally satisfied with it. Have you ever wondered if there has been any program to fix your pictures? Well your dreams have come true. Photoshop is a program that you can use to fix your pictures. Today we learned about Photoshop. Thank god! I was waiting for this forever.

In school we'll be using Photoshop Elements instead of Photoshop because Mr. Case said that Photoshop has a lot of tools that we won't be using. Today we didn't do much in Photoshop instead we learned the "Rules of Composition" Down below you can see couple of the rules of composition.

The rules of composition:

1) The rules of thirds: this is one of the most important rules. For this rule you have to divide the picture into 9 sections which is 3 boxes by 3 boxes. This rule makes the picture not be the centre of attention which makes the picture more interesting to look at.

2) Simplicity: this is a really easy rule to understand. Just keep the picture as simple as possible. If there are a lot of complicated things in the background the person looking at the picture won't get your message. Simple is always the best!

3) Colour: this is one of the simplest rules. It works just as it sounds like. Colour is what give the emotion. For example, if some thing is sad then give it a dark colour and if some thing is happy then gives it a light colour.

4) Contrast: it can be either a light contrast or a dark contrast. So if your main object is light then give it a dark background and if your object is dark then give it a light background.

There are more rules of composition but these are the main ones. Try using these rules the next time you fix or create a picture! Good luck!!!!!!!!!

Sources: http://www.azuswebworks.com/photography/ph_comp.html & http://www.picturecorrect.com/photographytips/composition.htm