Photography Workshop#1

Workshop#1: 14 October 2018

"Photography" means ‘drawing with light’.

(‘photos’ means Greek for light, and ‘graphy’ is Greek for writing/drawing)

SOME SIMPLE GUIDELINES FOR TAKING PICTURES

1. Why are you taking this picture?

Interesting photographs have interesting things in them. Ask yourself what you want to capture. 

2. Clean your lens.

Very important! Make sure your lens is clear of fingerprints, smudges, dust, etc.

3. Hold the Camera Straight

Crooked lines can be very distracting. Keep the horizon straight.

4. Make sure your finger is not covering the lens.

5. Look at what you’ve shot.

If you don’t like it, delete it.Try again. And again. And again. Only keep the best.

6. Experiment!

The more pictures you take, the better you’ll get at it.

DEVELOPING YOUR ‘PHOTOGRAPHIC EYE’

1. Look beyond the obvious.

Go behind, on top, below, to find the most interesting angle for your photograph. Shoot from different perspectives – up high, down low etc. Get in close – stepping back for a wider angle shot moving around your subject to shoot from different sides.

2. Rule of Thirds

The human eye is naturally drawn to the top, bottom, right, or left third of a picture. Placing the subject off centre can be enough sometimes.

3. Limb Chops One of the easiest ways to make your photos look professional is by not chopping off limbs - don’t chop off part of the head, hands or feet. Where are her hands?!!

4. Leading lines

Using leading lines to draw your viewer’s eye to your subject is a great way to take your photo from just a snap shot to something to something admirable.

5. Fill the frame

Get up close and personal with your subject.

6. Negative space
Negative space is the empty space around your subject.