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Mastering Camera Techniques: Framing, Focus, and Composition

Enhance your photography skills by mastering framing, depth of field, and camera functions. Learn about aspect ratios, fields of view, composition, and camera mounts to create stunning shots. Discover the importance of controlling motion and implementing psychological closure in your images.

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Mastering Camera Techniques: Framing, Focus, and Composition

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  1. Do You See What I See? Looking Through The Viewfinder

  2. Objective • Framing a shot • Depth of field • Controlling motion • Camera Mounts

  3. Framing a Shot • Aspect Ratio - 4x3 - 16x9 • Resolution • Field of View -XLS, LS, MS, CU • Vectors • Composition • Psychological Closure

  4. 4x3 vs. 16x9 • Relationship between screens height and width. • 16x9 is becoming the standard 4X3 16X9

  5. Field of View - Demo Refers to how close the object seems to the viewer, or how much scenery is in the shot 5 Types of Field of View: • Extreme Long Shot (XLS) • Long Shot (LS) • Medium Shot (MS) • Close Up (CU) • Extreme Close Up (XCU)

  6. Fields of View ECU MS CU LS XLS

  7. Which Way Did They Go? Vectors – directional screen forces that influence composition 3 Types of Vectors • Graphic – created by lines or objects that lead the eye Ex. A skyscraper, road, horizion • Index – something that points in a direction Ex. Arrow, someone pointing • Motion – created by an object that is moving in a direction Ex. Car traveling in a direction

  8. Composition How the objects or people in a shot are positioned • Rule of Thirds

  9. Lots of Rooms – Headroom, Leadroom, Headroom

  10. Lots of Rooms – Headroom, Leadroom • Leadroom

  11. The Z-Axis • To create depth in the shot, you need to place people or objects along the z-axis • Foreground, middleground & background

  12. Controlling The Camera • When possible, keep the camera still and let the subject do the moving • Avoid constant and fast zooming • When you pan, tilt or zoom on a subject, make sure that you “land” on the subject for at least 5 seconds. This is sometimes called “pad”

  13. Camera Mounts - Demo • Handheld - Not stable - Mobile • Shoulder Mount - More Stable - Must use eye viewfinder • Tripods - Portable - Stable

  14. Camera Functions - Demo • Focusing – Makes and keeps the image sharp - Auto focus vs. Manual focus - Calibrating the zoom lens • Zooming - T= tight or telephoto - W= wide - Can adjust speed of zoom control - DO NOT ZOOM TOO MUCH! • White Balancing – adjusting the camera so white looks white - Active white balance switch - White balance every time you change locations

  15. Before You Take The Camera • Don’t expose the camera to the elements • Secure the camera • Use the lens cap • Make sure you have the right recording media (tape, cards etc) • Make sure you have the necessary cables • Test the camera • Always capture audio – even if it is with the camera mic

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