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Asweventureoutside,eachgroupneedstoworkonfindinggoodlocations(thinksimplebackgroundsoruseanglestocreate
backgroundorleadinglines)andconsideringhowtocomposetheshotaswediscussedinclass.Someofthetopicswediscussed
were:
Ruleofthirds
Whitespace(negativespace)
Framing
Perspective/angles
Color
Balance
Fillingtheframe
Lines
Leadinglines
Depthoffield(partinfocus)
Macro(flowermode)
Foreachpersoninthegroup,takeatleast7shots.Ifashotisbad,deleteitandtryagain.Thoseshotsshould
capturethepersonspersonality.Besureeachshotrelatestooneofthetopicsabove.IfIwasacheerleader,one
shouldbeacheerleaderpose,forexample.IfIlikedtoplayguitar,Icouldairguitaraphoto.So,thinkaboutYOU
andwhatyourpersonalityis.Youmayalsophotographobjects(buildings,flowers,etc.).Takeatleastoneofeach
ofthefollowing:
Extremecloseup(mostlyface,thinksimplebackgroundlikeskyorwall)
Waistupportraittypephotograph
TIPS:
Remembertoholdthe
shutterhalfwaydown
tofocuslock(pre
focus)andthenpress
therestoftheway
whenreadytotakethe
picture.
Twophotographsfromunusualanglesthattellastory
Unlessinprettybright
light,usetheflash!
Trymovingcloserto
thesubjectratherthan
usingzoom.
Experimentwith
variousISOorShutter
Speeds.
Acctionshot(jum
mping,running,hairintheairr,etc.)
M
Macro/depthof
ffieldshots(offobjectsbackgroundnotin
nfocus)
Fo
orcedperspecttiveshots
Ru
uleofthirds
Useoflines
ourchoiceafte
erthat!!
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Keepalogofshots.Tryttobeunique!YYouneedtoreccordwhatthep
pictureis,whotookit,andw
whatconceptit
otgood,deleteit.ItsprobabllyagoodideatoturnofftheeLCDdisplayan
ndtakepicturees
utilizesit.IIfaphotoisno
throughth
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othebatteriessarenotconsu
umedasquicklyy.
HAVE FUUN!
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class hour: ___
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