Bresson & Perspective Flashcards
Photography is an instantaneous operation.
Henri Carter Bresson
What did Bresson have the ability to catch?
The decisive moment
What kind of photographer was Bresson
Photojournalism
Bresson had the first photographic display at which museum?
Louvre
What is Bresson the Founder of?
Magnum
“The photograph doesn’t interest me. I want to only capture a minute part of reality”
Bresson
“i’m not interested in the subject. once the picture is in the box, i’m not all that interested in what happens next.”
Bresson
Name the elements that give the illusion of depth.
Light, geometry, perspective, atmospheric value, optics
Name the three perspective aspects in an image
Vanishing point, horizon lines, orthogonal lines
Visual rays helping the viewers eye to connect points inside or outside edges of the canvas to the vanishing point.
Orthogonal Lines
Horizon line
Theoretical line that represents eye level to the viewer
What can an objects relationship with a horizon line show you?
Whether you are looking up, down, or straight at the object.
Which lines are not visible indoors
Horizon
T or F: An image can only have ONE vanishing point
False. If the vertical lines are not parallel and receding towards the same side then the image will have additional vanishing points
How many vanishing points in a one point perspective?
1
one point perspective
What you see when you look straight at the side of an object
Two point perspective
When you look at or into the corner of an object
How many vanishing points in two point perspective?
Two - the two sets of sides are receding in two different directions
How The appearance of an objects affected by looking at it through a layer of air
Atmospheric perspective
How The appearance of an objects affected by looking at it through a layer of air
Atmospheric perspective
When is contrast greatest?
For close objects
True or False: colours can change with depth
True
T or F: Distant objects have less contrast in them and less to their surroundings
True - e.g. each row of hills receding into the distance has less contrast with the next
As objects get farther away what happens to the colours?
The colours dull and eventually turn blue ray.
What kind of colours appear closer? Warm or Cool
Warm colours appear closer
T or F: Far objects are generally more sharply focused then distant objects
FALSE: Close objects are more sharply focused than distant objects
T or F: The mind sees softly focused edges as being farther away than sharp edges
true