Basic Stills Camera work

Photography brings a visual language that is universal in understanding. It has its own vocabulary which consists of shapes, textures, patterns, lines, colours, shade of light to dark and sharp to blurry images. We must arrange visual elements together in an organized manner if our photographs are to convey their meaning clearly and vividly.
One lesson we worked with digital cameras and made lots of different shots. We looked at Extreme Wide shots, very wide shots, wide shots, mid shots, medium close ups, close ups, extreme close ups, cutaways, cut-ins, two shots, over-the-shoulder shots, point-of-view shots and weather shots.

We also tried to focus on the rule of thirds (see picture).
The Rule of Thirds splits the picture into 9 parts. As shown in the picture the focus is on the part in the middle (left picture: the boy’s eyes, nose and mouth) and especially on the upper left corner of the part (left picture: the boy’s right eye), because as English people read from left to right, they also look at pictures the same way.