Kraus - Composition

  

1. The purpose of this work was to crop out the sky to put emphasis on the road. I did this by using the crop tool in my toolbar. In this chapter Kraus wants us to learn the idea of composition. Every position of an element should have a purpose and support the theme of the visual. Here we have an unequal amount of road versus sky. This crop job forces the viewer to pay attention to the road. I think it is actually more visually pleasing than an equal amount of road and sky. I also think when deciding what to crop in an image the editor must decide what they want the focus of the piece to be first. I think this piece was successful in drawing the viewer’s attention to the road however before I cropped it the focus on the visual was unclear. 

2.The purpose of this piece of work was the opposite of picture number one. Here I cropped out the road to put emphasis on the sky. Since I decided that I wanted the sky to be the emphasis, it was necessary to crop out the more of the road and leave more sky. I did this using the crop tool in my toolbar. Before cropping the picture my focus was unclear, now it is clear that the sky is the focus. I think this picture successfully demonstrates my goal. I will keep using this method of cropping to show emphasis in the future.  
 

3.The purpose of this Golden Section Ruler is to create a guideline for measurements within their compositions. The division of the two colors can be determined by using the Fibonacci sequence. For this ruler, I divided the section into a 13” long line and then within that line I added an 8” mark. I then separated the two pieces by using the fill button, and paint can making one section black and one section pink. My piece of work transformed from a basic rectangle to a golden section ruler. I think this tool will be very helpful when I need to divide a piece of work into golden sections in the future.