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LinkedIn Learning

Learning to Critique Photos

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

Learn how to study, review, and analyze images, sharpening your photographic eye and expanding your visual vocabulary.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
1. Deconstructing Images in Critique
  • Common characteristics of strong photographs
  • Deconstructing an image looking at shutter speed
  • Understanding how depth of field affects an image
  • How focus affects the impression of the image
2. Conceptual Topics in Photo Critique
  • How the visual weight of an image affects the interpretation
  • How light impacts the understanding of an image
  • How to know when an image should be color vs. black and white
  • Cropping and how it affects the meaning in an image
3. Aesthetics and Personal Choices
  • Timing and the moment
  • Design in the image
Conclusion
  • Personal critique and final tips

Taught by

Steve Simon

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