Today, I will learn…
� FARTing
� Composition guidelines
� Camera shots
� Camera angles
� Ground plane
Learning Goals
What would you do differently?
Farting
FARTing
� The best photos are taken when you FART first
� FARTing helps us remember to make a strong,
meaningful photo instead of just snapping
away and winding up with a lot of boring,
thoughtless snapshots.
FARTing
� Feel
� Ask
� Refine
� Take
FARTing
� FEEL:
� Something has caught your eye and you want to
capture it; freeze this moment, person, or object in
time.
� Most amateur photographers will just shoot
anything
� Try to associate an emotion/feeling with your
photographs.
FARTing
� ASK:
� Stop and ask yourself exactly what it is that made
you stop in the first place to take a photo
� Is it a bold color? Is it a crazy juxtaposition? Is it the
wild light? What is it, exactly, that made you want
to take a picture?
� You should try to capture what is that made you
stop in the first place!
FARTing
� REFINE:
� Try to capture just what it is that made you stop; think about how you will compose your shot in the frame.
� If it’s a single colour of a door handle, don’t be a wimp, fill the entire frame with it!
� Making refinements about what goes into your photo will make for a much better composition; eliminate what doesn’t need to be included
� Ask yourself, “Does this really add to the photograph”? If not, get closer, or move to the side, do the shuffle, something!!
FARTing
� TAKE:
� This is the easy part;
� Take the darn picture!
� Make sure you’ve adjusted the exposure
settings and white balance correctly.
� If not, refine again, and take another!
CompositionSimplicity, SEX, and Balance
Composing a Good Photo
� Composition can be a difficult thing to grasp
in the photography world.
� We’re all tempted to just get shooting and
don’t stop to think about what really needs
to be in the camera frame…
Composing a Good Photo
� Read the article “Composition: Simplicity, SEX, and Balance”
� Assignment posted on Edmodo
� In your own words, answer the questions related to the
article in a Word document (or Pages or Google)
� Submit your answers via Edmodo
� Due: End-of-lesson
Practice
� Practice your composition skills;
� Take photos of objects, buildings, people;
anything that catches your eye
� Move around; think about your composition
and how you position your subjects within
your camera frame
� Experiment with different aperture settings
(to get different DoFs), and shutter speeds
(to capture motion blur)
Camera Techniques
Camera Techniques
� Deciding what to shoot is just the beginning
of a photographer’s job. How a subject is
shot is just as important.
� By using different techniques, shots, and
angles, the photographer can manipulate the
mood and meaning of a photograph.
� The following are some techniques used by
photographers to tell stories through images.
Camera Shots
� The apparent distance between the camera and the subject can greatly affect the overall message conveyed by a picture.
� How you fill the frame is the shot
� For Example….
Extreme Long/Wide Shot
� Wide shots can create a sense of objectivity; you hardly see people
� There may be more detail to look at and the objects may be small.
� The distance between the subject and the camera seems large, creating a less-intimate feeling.
� These shots give the viewer a good sense of the setting of the picture.
Long/Wide Shot
� Long shot will have the subject filling most of the frame without cutting-off any part of the subject.
� For example, a person’s entire body
� Framed head to toe
Medium/Mid Shot
� This shot is popular with advertising and sports photography because you can see all of the main subject and some background detail;
� The audience is little closer to the subject
� Framed head to waist
Close-Up
� Close-ups invite a sense of shared feeling and intimacy, because the subject is isolated.
� When the subject is a person, the viewer is focussed on the body language and facial expression;
� Typically framed as head to shoulders
Extreme Close-Up
� A specific facial feature or object fills the frame to ensure the audience focuses on a certain facial feature to emphasise emotion, or an object to demonstrate its importance
Camera Angle
� The angle from which a picture is taken can greatly effect how the viewer feels about a subject.
� When a photographer places a camera at eye level, the viewers see the shape and proportions of the subject as they normally would.
� Changing the angle can suggest different meanings to the audience…
High-angle
Bird’s-eye-view/Aerial
Eye-level
Low-angle
Worm’s-eye-level
Worm’s-eye-view
� The camera is placed on the floor/ground, and can give the audience the perspective of how the world looks from the lowest possible viewing point
Low-Angle
� This is when the camera is placed below the subject so the viewer will feel like they are looking up at it.
� This makes the subject feel “larger than life”.
� The subject can look like it is looming over its surroundings, giving it a sense of power.
High-Angle
� The photograph is taken from above the subject, so the viewer feels like they are looking down on it.
� The image seems smaller than its surroundings
� This is used to emphasize space and distance, can also make the subject appear to be smaller, weaker
Bird’s-eye-view/Aerial
� Can really demonstrate and emphasize distance, size, and space
� Entire environments, places, cities, etc. can be captured from a high vantage point
Glossary Creation
� Create your camera shots glossary:
� For each camera shot and angle discussed, photograph your own example and add a
description in a Word Document
Camera Techniques
Shots
Shot or Angle Name
Description and why it might be used.