Composition Context Photography Curriculum Vitae

Composition Context Photography Daniel André Vaquero In the digital point-and-shoot photography paradigm, users typically point the camera at the subjects, adjust framing, and trigger functions such as autofocus in preparation for taking a picture. This dissertation explores the opportunities for expanding the outcome of the point-and-shoot photography process by utilizing additional information collected while the user is framing a picture. We propose a novel framework for digital photography that explores contextual information gathered while a photographer is composing and framing a picture. We call the information given by a video taken from the camera’s viewpoint while framing, accompanied by per-frame capture parameters and inertial sensor data, the composition context of a photograph. In practice, this video can be recorded by saving the images displayed at the viewfinder during framing. We started our investigation by conducting an exploratory study with users to gather composition context data in real-world photographic situations. In the study, we collected a large database of pictures with associated composition context data. An analysis of this dataset confirms that a significant portion of the composition context is highly correlated with the picture taken. In other words,