Flickr This: Create Compelling Digital Photos

Use Photoshop and Picasa to compose perfect digital photos. You’ll learn:
* Three tips to great-looking photos
* Optimal web image sizing
* What separates an OK photograph from a great one, whether online or in print
* The difference between RAW, JPG, GIF and PNG
* The main types of news photos

Tips

Rule of Thirds (and Golden Mean)
Perspective (change yours! and get close)
Backgrounds (avoid clutter)

Types of Photos

Informational - visual record of person, event, place. Little in the way of storytelling elements. “Grip-n-grins” (and their clones)
Active - real people in real time; the storytelling image
Personality Portrait - provides an insight into the individual

Elements For Analysis

Emotion/Mood - real people, real emotion; mood is usually related to overall feeling of the image
Graphic - is there an aesthetically pleasing relationship between the lines and shapes of the image
Juxtaposition - irony
Layering - dominant foreground, informational background
Light - whether natural or artificial, does it enhance the storytelling?
Perspective - change for drama, includes focal length
Point of entry - what draws you into the photo?
Rule of thirds - a visual rule for composition
Sense of place - can you immediately understand the setting?
Surprise - the unexpected; can provide humor

Images For Lab