Composition is what?

What is composition?

Why is it important to understand & utilize composition in photography?

Describe aspects of a “snapshot”.

Describe aspects of a “photograph”.

“Photography is the art of ________________________”

a.     Describe what interests you the most about this art form 

or what drew you to this form of communication.

Composition is the big picture of the photography elements. It is how you should place it in your frame, and how you should arrange it. When you ask yourself the question, do I fill the whole frame with my subject, or do I fill half of the frame. That is composition at it's finest. To understand the means of composition, you have to understand its elements. They are the raw materials of composition. Lines, texture, shape, light, motion and perspective are the elements that make up composition and each play an important role in a photograph. A "snapshot" is just a picture of someone capturing the moment, and not paying attention to the composition of the photograph. It is simply just a picture of someone who is either at an event, or something to remind themselves what they look like. Now a photograph is an artistic view of taking a photo. It tells the viewer there is a story, or an event behind the picture that you need to unfold. It has real meaning to taking the photo. "Photography is the art of discovery". To discover how composition takes up a photo, and tells a story. What interests me the most is that every picture you see has meaning, it can be poorly taken, but the thought and time it takes to capture the photo is what makes it interesting.