Photo Tips for the Newbies All photos taken by Joy Singleton at Limestone College 1. Lighting (Contrast) When taking photos, look for spots that have contrast in lighting so that your photo has a good amount of highlights and shadows to work with. Try not to have too bright of highlights though, because your camera will lose information in bright spots. You can always recover from shadows. 2. Balance Make sure your photo has some kind of balance, weather it be symmetrical or asymmetrical. Having balance makes your photo feel more meaningful in composition. This photo has symmetrical balance. 3. Line Having lines help to lead the eye through photo. The photo on the left has diagonal lines that lead your eye back to the horizon line of and back down to the other lines. 4. Rule of Thirds The rule of thirds is when you use lines that separate your photo in thirds horizontally and vertically. You can use those lines or the points where they
-Its a good idea to shot with the rule of thirds. -Put the most interesting bits on the lines or intersections. _Follow the rule and you will be cool_ -180 degree rule -don't be in both sides of the 180 degree -Know what you're gonna say or who you're interviewing before. -Do not wing it, have questions prepared -Think like a journalist, say more than yes or no, and ask questions that are more than yes or no. Like "And then what happened?" -Subject should speak to you, not the lens. -get rid of lights you cant control -key light is most important because it is the brightest. (up high to the left of camera) -fill light adds light that were in shadow of key light. (down low to the right) -hair light/back light, lights up the back of the subject, to push them out of the background. (In back) -background light adds a halo like affect to subject.
Check out my interactive map of Limestone here! Instead of doing a tour of Limestone itself I did a small tour of my experiences at Limestone. It was super fun making this and I got to reminisce on old memories at Limestone. Finding music was interesting because you have to find the right sound to match that memory. https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1303088486940672001 OR View it on my website!
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