November 13 Program: Photographic Composition

Ken Frederick

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guest Speaker Ken Frederick will present “Photographic Composition”.

He will discuss compositional guidelines to enhance the visual appeal of photographs.

Topics include:
• Importance of foreground, mid-ground, and background
• Keeping the horizon level
• Use of lines, diagonals, and curves
• Impact of cropping
• Unique angles and perspectives
• Subject framing
• Reducing background clutter
• Use of repetition
• Use of geometric shapes
• Complementary 2nd subject
• Rule of motion
• Simplicity
• Learnings from fine art paintings
• “Breaking the Rules” for artistic effect

Ken grew-up in a Kodak family in Rochester, New York. He is currently a member Board of Trustees of George Eastman Museum in Rochester & a member of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH). His photographs have been published in numerous print and online media. He has exhibited and sold his photographs, as well as donated his time & photos to non-profits, nursing homes & Alzheimer facility patients.

We hope you will join us as Ken covers one of the key elements of photography.   Once you learn these rules and strategies you will be more prepared to find great photography spots and opportunities.  

 

 

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