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Shooting photos

Shooting photos. Telling stories with pictures. Know your camera. Read the manual. Practice, practice, practice. What makes a good photo?. Taking good photos. Get close to your subject. Concentrate on faces, expression. Photograph people in action. Try various angles.

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Shooting photos

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  1. Shooting photos Telling stories with pictures

  2. Know your camera • Read the manual. • Practice, practice, practice.

  3. What makes a good photo?

  4. Taking good photos • Get close to your subject. • Concentrate on faces, expression. • Photograph people in action. • Try various angles. • Be aware of background.

  5. Have a plan • Think about what kind of shots you need. Think about where you need to be to get them. • Look for action or characters. People are more interesting than objects. • Become comfortable with your subject. • Shoot lots of photos of each subject.

  6. Tell a story

  7. Basics of good photos • Focus • Lighting • Framing

  8. Poor lighting

  9. Poor framing

  10. Poor focus

  11. Just right

  12. Focus • Understand depth of field (part of photo in focus). • A smaller aperture (larger F number - F/22) means greater DOF. • A larger aperture (smaller F number- F2) means shallower DOF.

  13. Lighting • Must be enough light to capture the image. • Lighting must create shadows so image appears to have depth.

  14. Lighting tips • Light source should be behind photographer. • Indoors, make sure windows ARE NOT behind your subject. • Without sufficient natural light, use flash. Remember it has limited range – 5 to 20 feet from camera.

  15. Framing • Keep your subject in the frame • Frame the subject wider than you expect the final picture to be.

  16. Framing

  17. Fill the frame • Put layers in your photos. • For a landscape shot, make sure you have something interesting in the foreground. • For a close-up, be aware of what’s in the background. • For a crowd, make sure one person is close-up.

  18. The key • It’s all about where you stand and when you push the button.

  19. Rule of thirds

  20. Vary your shots • Long-range (establishing shot) • Mid-range (closer but still context) • Close-up (face-to-face)

  21. Wide shot

  22. Medium shot

  23. Close-up

  24. Shooting action

  25. Posed or candid: Which is better?

  26. Take a pen/paper • Don’t forget you need complete caption information.

  27. Be creative • Move around: Shoot from high up or shoot from down low. • Get different angles.

  28. More tips for better photos

  29. Study good photographers • Best of Photojournalism • Lens blog • The Big Picture • This week in pictures

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