Special care rules with cameras

If there is neck strap…wearit!

If there is a hand strap…putit on!

If there is lens cap…alwaysreplace it!

Try not to touch the screen or lens with your fingers

Turn off the camera when you are not using it

If you are taking a close up…

…move the camera up closer rather then using the zoom

Your subject should look small and insignificant so the higher up looking down the better!

High Angle

or

Birds Eye

The camera is down low looking up making your subject look more important or powerful.

Low AngleOr Worms Eye

Wide Shot or Long ShotEstablishes the

setting

Take a Wide shot that sets the scene for the viewer

Horizon line

Don’t cut your picture in half by setting the horizon line in the middle

Set high to suggest closeness

Set low to suggest spaciousness

Leading

lines

Look for natural lines of the scene that leads the viewers eyes into the picture and to your main centre of interest

Remember horizon lines Do a vertical and a horizontal photo

Look carefully behind your subject or

beside your subject

Horizontal and

VerticalTake a photo in horizontal view

Take the same photo in Vertical view.

Close up Shot

The subjects head will fill most of the shot from the chest or neck to just above the head. Use this shot to emphasise something. Have them look away!

Do not put the head in the middle of the shot (unless it is a newsreader) give the head space in front of it!

Newsreader shot

Photos of kids

If they are smaller then you then get down low.

Take photos when they are doing something.

Get in close.

Make it fun.

Extreme close

up (ECU)

Only a part of the body orface is shown and generally is used to demonstrate deep emotion.

Medium Shot MS

shows a character from the waist to just above the head

Two shot

Profile of two people communicating

Over the shoulder

Face and shoulder shot of speaker, listener just part of head and one shoulder

Reverse ShotSame as above but change speaker and listener

Macro or super close upSet your camera to Macro and take close ups of nature

When taking close ups move as close to the subject as possible before using the Zoom

Foreground

Sometimes objects in the foreground can set a scene like branches or doorways

Remember these rules

People or subjects are better off centre

Don’t make the eyes the centre of the photo

Portraits are usually eye level (position yourself so you are eye level)

Find simple uncluttered backgrounds

Stay away from signs and large text