Stop Taking Bad Pictures (Lightning Talk)

April 3, 4, 10 & 11
April 3, 2024
12:30PM - 1:00PM
324 Denney Hall

Date Range
2024-04-03 12:30:00 2024-04-03 13:00:00 Stop Taking Bad Pictures (Lightning Talk) We are a picture-taking culture: whether on vacation, documenting research, out with friends, creating an author page, snapping a beautiful plate, or taking the umpteenth photo of our pet, many of us take snapshots every single day. Unfortunately, many of those photos just aren't very good: they don't feel balanced, and often lead our eye to a distraction, instead of the subject of our photo.Drop by 324 Denney Hall in any one of four timeslots for a 15-minute info dump with DMP graduate associate Alex Thompson, who will show you simple rules of thumb for shape, balance, and composition to make your photos really shine.This lightning talk is presented by the Digital Media Project. 324 Denney Hall America/New_York public
April 4, 2024
1:30PM - 2:00PM
324 Denney Hall

Date Range
2024-04-04 13:30:00 2024-04-04 14:00:00 Stop Taking Bad Pictures (Lightning Talk) We are a picture-taking culture: whether on vacation, documenting research, out with friends, creating an author page, snapping a beautiful plate, or taking the umpteenth photo of our pet, many of us take snapshots every single day. Unfortunately, many of those photos just aren't very good: they don't feel balanced, and often lead our eye to a distraction, instead of the subject of our photo.Drop by 324 Denney Hall in any one of four timeslots for a 15-minute info dump with DMP graduate associate Alex Thompson, who will show you simple rules of thumb for shape, balance, and composition to make your photos really shine.This lightning talk is presented by the Digital Media Project. 324 Denney Hall America/New_York public
April 10, 2024
1:30PM - 2:00PM
324 Denney Hall

Date Range
2024-04-10 13:30:00 2024-04-10 14:00:00 Stop Taking Bad Pictures (Lightning Talk) We are a picture-taking culture: whether on vacation, documenting research, out with friends, creating an author page, snapping a beautiful plate, or taking the umpteenth photo of our pet, many of us take snapshots every single day. Unfortunately, many of those photos just aren't very good: they don't feel balanced, and often lead our eye to a distraction, instead of the subject of our photo.Drop by 324 Denney Hall in any one of four timeslots for a 15-minute info dump with DMP graduate associate Alex Thompson, who will show you simple rules of thumb for shape, balance, and composition to make your photos really shine.This lightning talk is presented by the Digital Media Project. 324 Denney Hall America/New_York public
April 11, 2024
12:30PM - 1:00PM
324 Denney Hall

Date Range
2024-04-11 12:30:00 2024-04-11 13:00:00 Stop Taking Bad Pictures (Lightning Talk) We are a picture-taking culture: whether on vacation, documenting research, out with friends, creating an author page, snapping a beautiful plate, or taking the umpteenth photo of our pet, many of us take snapshots every single day. Unfortunately, many of those photos just aren't very good: they don't feel balanced, and often lead our eye to a distraction, instead of the subject of our photo.Drop by 324 Denney Hall in any one of four timeslots for a 15-minute info dump with DMP graduate associate Alex Thompson, who will show you simple rules of thumb for shape, balance, and composition to make your photos really shine.This lightning talk is presented by the Digital Media Project. 324 Denney Hall America/New_York public

We are a picture-taking culture: whether on vacation, documenting research, out with friends, creating an author page, snapping a beautiful plate, or taking the umpteenth photo of our pet, many of us take snapshots every single day. Unfortunately, many of those photos just aren't very good: they don't feel balanced, and often lead our eye to a distraction, instead of the subject of our photo.

Drop by 324 Denney Hall in any one of four timeslots for a 15-minute info dump with DMP graduate associate Alex Thompson, who will show you simple rules of thumb for shape, balance, and composition to make your photos really shine.

This lightning talk is presented by the Digital Media Project.

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