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Chapter II

Aesthetics and the art of image formation

This chapter deals primarily with aesthetic aspects, i.e. attractiveness to the eye. But these aspects also affect the other aspects of the ideal image, that is, the attractiveness of the heart, the mind, and the craftsmanship of photography. As for the art of forming an image, it is the art of organizing or putting everything in its exact place, and what is the exact place? It is the place where everything performs its work, so that if it moved from its place, the effect would be different. What is the purpose of that? The purpose is to increase the impact of the image so that it gives the best possible impression, and how can we do that?

The composition of the image begins from the moment you hold the camera and aim it at the subject you wish to photograph. In order for the image to be of excellent composition, the following steps must be followed:

First: Exploration or Study and Analysis Rarely is the first impression of a subject the best, and often that impression is what other photographers have already photographed. Another illustrated imitation may be a necessary stage in the learning process but sooner or later you will want to spread your wings and be given

your own impression of

any

Theme . Studying any subject for photography means looking at it from all sides, from the right and the left - from above and below. From front and back, then study the subject’s relationship with what surrounds it, including the background and foreground of the image, then study the main subject and sub-topics in the image, then the most important thing is to study the light falling on
Subject in terms of type, color and direction. The importance of light comes from its function, as it has three important functions:

1- Lighting the subject: symbolizing anthropomorphism, depth and texture. Sets the general atmosphere of the picture such as joy and glee or seriousness, sadness and depression

Second: Isolation and Separation: After we have studied the subject that we want to photograph from all its aspects and decided on the form that we prefer, we have to isolate the part that we want to photograph and separate it from what surrounds it in order to present it to the viewer in the strongest image. And stronger here means: the simplest, most direct, focused, and least diluted form of sub-topics. There are many ways to separate the subject to be photographed from its surroundings, or to increase the focus of the subject, mentioning the most important of them:

A - Reorganizing the place. - If possible - for example, by removing a painting hanging on the wall in the background of the picture, or removing things lying on the ground that draw attention away from the subject of the picture.

Place the subject to be photographed in an appropriate medium. For example, if we want to photograph a person and we find that the place is not suitable, and it is not possible to reorganize it, then this person can be placed in another suitable place. Y Nassour

The simplest and most powerful way is to make the subject to be photographed fill the image. This can be done in two ways: The first is to get close to the camera so that the subject fills the frame of the picture. The second is to use a telephoto lens with an appropriate focal length from our place. Although it seems that the two ways it

They are identical in the result, but there are important differences: between the subject and the camera leads to a difference in perspective, as well as a difference in the relationship between the subject and its background.
4 - It is possible to isolate and focus attention on the subject being photographed by choosing a shallow depth of field that includes only the subject while it is in the foreground

- In some cases, the subject can be isolated by means of lighting, so the subject is lit, while the rest of the image is covered by darkness. Likewise, the same thing can be done by photographing from a high place, so we isolate the subject in front of a neutral background of sea water or grass in non-color photography. If the subject and its background are of complementary colors (see later) with close brightness, for example orange and blue or red and green, the subject can be separated. By using filters, it is possible to separate the subject to be photographed by making a frame for the image (see under organization and coordination) 6.

B - Taking a picture from the same place as the camera, but with different focal length lenses, which only leads to a difference in the size of the subject without changing the perspective or a difference in the relationship between the subject and the background.

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The background of the image is not sharp. That is, we make the subject of interest only sharp, and this is done using a wide pupil, especially when photographing from

Close up with long focal length lenses.

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