From the course: Photography Foundations: Composition
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Tone
From the course: Photography Foundations: Composition
Tone
Ben: Earlier in this course, we talked about the idea that you can create balance in an image by playing different tones against each other. So, you might balance light against dark, dark against light. You can balance dark parts against each other; you can do the same with light parts. These are all ways that you can create balance in your image. However, there will be times when you can't get the tonal balance that you want in camera through exposure adjustment. Sometimes you simply can't capture the dark blacks or light whites that you need to create the composition that you want. In these instances, you'll need to expose to capture as much tonal information as you can, with the idea that you will correct the tones in that image to get the composition that you want. In other words, sometimes you'll need to darken up blacks or lighten up whites or adjust the grays or colors in your image to finish it off and get that compositional balance working. Alrighty. We're going to look at…
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What all good compositions have1m 8s
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Subject and background3m 5s
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Balance7m 20s
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Point of view3m 22s
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Simplicity2m 59s
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Finding and capturing a good photo2m 11s
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Working the shot: Why one is never enough6m 41s
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Practicing3m 24s
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Why black and white?2m 21s
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Exercise: Practicing the fundamentals with points4m 17s
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Lines7m 7s
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Analyzing lines6m 35s
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Exploring a town4m 7s
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The Franklin Hotel2m 7s
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Shapes10m 13s
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Repetition: Arranging the elements1m 37s
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Rule of threes1m 36s
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Perspective1m 47s
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Symmetry1m 10s
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Focal length, camera position, and depth2m 27s
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Intersections1m 41s
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Exercise: Practicing fundamentals with geometry1m 21s
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Thirds: How rectangular frames are weighted2m 20s
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Tonal balance3m 52s
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Content balance1m 20s
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Squares: Weighting the corners2m 24s
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Composing people3m 42s
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Composing landscapes3m 53s
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Sometimes you can't get the shot1m 12s
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Practicing thirds with points and geometry1m 45s
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Practicing squares with points and geometry1m 12s
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Image analysis: The work of Steve Simon13m 27s
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Choosing a photo editing tool1m 57s
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Recomposing an image with the Crop tool9m 23s
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Aspect ratio3m 39s
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Tone4m 48s
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Correcting perspective in Lightroom5m 57s
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Vignette to drive attention2m 31s
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AI and composition5m 32s
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Content-aware fill and composition4m 31s
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Depth of field and composition5m 21s
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