why composition, cropping, and storage are important when dealing with pictures.

Composition

In class, we discuss and went over some different types of composition we can use to make our pictures more apparent to the audience. We went over birds' eyes view, worm eyes view, using the rule of thirds, using leading lines, using isolation, framing, and repetition. Learning about those compositions gave me more of an option of what I can use to make my pictures eye cathing.

cropping

We use cropping to help eliminate anything that might distract us from the pictures. For example, if there is something that is in the right corner of your picture and it could be a possible distraction there is no need to retake the picture because you can simply crop it out.

Storage

Having enough storage is among some of the most important a photographer should remember, because it would suck to want to take a picture for your spread and not have enough storage. It is also important because you might want to take more than one picture with diffrent angles, light exposure, aperture, and shutter speed so it is always important to check your storage.

original picture

crop picture

Example of framing

Comments

How to write a caption and why captions are important

In class, we took a lot of time discussing why captions are so important and the best way to write them for example we went into the detail of writing a basic caption versus an extended caption. when writing a caption it should also include the 5 W, who, what, when, where, and why it should also include a how. In a caption, there should be an action to lead, basic information, and complementary information. The first sentence should be in the present tense, second and third sentences in the past tense. Words such as several, a lot, some should not be used in a caption. The reason why captions are so important is that they are the most read copy in a publication even though they are short it is important to spend time on them so that you can write a proper caption.

Why is photo planning important?

Having a plan or an idea of what you want to take a picture of saves a lot of time and helps you figure out the type of things that you should pay attention to when taking the pictures, such as lighting, angles, explores, distance, etc. It is important to keep in mind when taking pictures to remember the spectators because having spectators gives the readers more detail about the photograph, for example, if the photograph is of a high school football team winning having spectators in the picture will give readers more context as in if it's the school team wining or the rival team. Very the number of people in photos a spread would look quite boring if all the picture contain picture of only 2 or 3 people have different numbers of people gives the spread a more joyful feel. Get before during and after photos when it comes to an event it is best to get the process and the steps that it took to get to that events.

How to prepare for an interview

when it came to learning what we need to do to prepare for an interview we learn that it is best to always ask for permission to second the interview just in case the person later change their mind and accuse you of lying so if the interview is recorded you will have evidence that you did not tamper with their answer. In an interview, it is always great to have quotes and the best quotes are the meaningful ones, some ways to get meaningful tips would be to explore story ideas when interviews don't stick to basic stories look for interesting stories. In class we had the assignment to interview one of our classmates before the interview started I had to ask my partner if they are ok with me recording their interview then proceeded to tell them the question I will be asking to make sure that they are comfortable with the questions.

Media study blog

Search This Blog