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Photography. By Aubrey Nelson. What tells a story. Expression. Interaction. environment. Body Language. Action. Composition. Rule of thirds Focal point should hit on one of the red dots. Examples. Balance.
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Photography By Aubrey Nelson
What tells a story • Expression
Composition • Rule of thirds • Focal point should hit on one of the red dots
Balance • Using the rule of thirds can sometimes leave your photo feeling empty. Using a second focus object in the background can help add balance to your photo.
Leading Lines • Our eye is naturally drawn along lines, especially in a photograph. By composing your photograph using lines, you can pull the viewer into the photograph. They travel the lines and journey through the scene you set before them.
Symmetry and Patterns • Symmetry and patterns are great for eye-catching photographs.
Viewpoint • Think about the best way to capture your subject. Is it from above, below, or eyelevel?
Background • When telling the story, is it better to have the background full or empty. A lot of times too busy of a background distracts from the subject. Simple backgrounds, sometimes, are best.
Depth of Field • Compose your photography to convey a sense of three-dimension in a two-dimensional photograph. • Include items sharply in focus in the foreground/background. • Include items slightly out of focus in the foreground/background.
Framing • Isolate your subject from the outside world by using a frame.
Camera Modes • Auto mode: Your camera makes the decision on the best shutter speed, aperture, ISO and to use a flash or not. • Portrait mode: The camera will adjust itself to a larger aperture so that the subject is in focus and the background is slightly blurred. • Macro mode: This mode works best when you want to move in closer and take shots of flowers, insects or tiny objects. It sets your camera to setting so that there is a shallow depth of field and no flash. • Landscape mode: This mode if for covering a large area. In this mode, the camera selects a small aperture. This mode works well for large groups of people.
Night mode: Your camera will use a flash and a higher ISO to achieve enough light to compose your image. • Sports mode: AKA action mode. Your camera will use a quick shutter speed to freeze the action. • Aperture priority mode (A or AV): Your camera chooses all other settings such as ISO, white balance, etc when you set the aperture to your choice. • Shutter priority mode (S or TV): Similar to the aperture mode, here you will set the shutter speed and the camera will choose and set the other parameters such as aperture, ISO, white balance, etc. • Program mode (P): Commonly understood as automatic mode and also used as alternative names for each other. The only subtle difference being a program mode gives you more control over flash, ISO, etc.
Shooting in Manual Mode • Manual mode: You set the camera to all the settings you want. You have full control of how your image turns out. • Balancing the White balance:You set the white balance so that your camera understands the color temperature and your images can reflect the colors closest to that of your subject. • Automatic white balance settings: Most of the cameras have some of these white balance settings: Auto, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Daylight / sunny, Cloudy, Flash, and Shade. • ISO: ISO is the method adjusting the camera’s sensor (or film) to make it more sensitive to light. Higher ISO means higher sensitivity to light. Use the lowest ISO possible.
Aperture • AKA F-Stop. The aperture is how wide your shutter opens. f/1.4 = a shallow depth of field. f/16= deep depth of field.
Shutter Speed • Shutter speed is measured in fractions of a second. So if you set the shutter speed control on your camera to 500 that represents 1/500 second. • If you set your camera to 250, this represents 1/250s. From 1/250s you go to 1/125, 1/60, 1/30, 1/15, and so on. • The faster the shutter speed, the less time light is let into your camera. • Faster shutter speeds are for stop action, slower shutter speeds are for blurred motion.
Perfect Exposure • To achieve the perfect exposure you must find the aperture, shutter speed, and ISO that allow the perfect amount of light in. Exposure level indicator
Sunny 16 Rule • The sunny 16 rule works like this: • On a clear and sunny day, at an aperture of F/16, you will get a correct exposure if you use a shutter speed that’s the inverse of the ISO speed you’re using. • Example: f/16, ISO of 125, shutter speed of 1/125 or • f/16, ISO of 200, shutter speed of 1/200
Photography Trends • Black and white • Why? High impact, great emphasis on emotion.
Tilt Shift • Some cameras have a setting for this. • Special lens or done in Photoshop. • Gives the effect of a miniature scene. • App available for iPhone and Android phones
Lomo Photography • Photos taken by a Russian made camera that was a knock off of another camera. It is poorly made and by Japanese camera standards, a bad picture taker too. As the legend goes, somewhere in the 1990′s a cult following developed and hasn’t stop since. Read more: http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-make-digital-photos-look-like-lomo-photography#ixzz21Nh2URyz • This affect can be achieved in Photoshop and is very popular.
Fish Eye • Shot with a fish eye lens • Another effect that can be done in Photoshop • App available for iPhone and Android phones flickr.com
Bokeh • The way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light • Shot with a wide open aperture.
Photo Assignment • Advanced Photo students meet in the main conference room @ 7:15 • Everyone else make sure to be taking photos, practicing the basics of composition. Post them to Instagram with the #yearbookmachine2014 • A small panel of experts will choose first and second place photos. (the winning photographers will get an awesome prize)