Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
As with any other imagery, photographic content must be decisively composed. The photographer
has two opportunities to control the image's composition, however: first, within the frame of the
camera's viewfinder; and second, during the printing process in the darkroom (or in cropping a di-
gital photograph using software). In this study, a minor shift in camera angle produces a variation
on an already decisive composition of elements (B). Radically changing the viewpoint (C) creates
a very different composition while retaining the identity of the content.
In photography, tonal range—the number and depth of gray values—is of particular concern. Tra-
ditionally, a “good-quality” photograph includes a clean, bright white; deep black; detail present
within shadow areas; and a fluid range of grays in between. This same range, from darkest shad-
