Technical Code Camera Techniques

Basic Camera Shots Camera Angles

Extreme Wide Shot Eye-Level
Wide Shot High Angle
Medium Shot Low Angle
Medium Close- up Bird's Eye View
Close- up Worm’s Eye View
Extreme Close- up Canted

Advance Camera Shots

Steady cam shot Aerial shot
Cut Away Shot Panning shot
Over the Shoulder Tilt shot
Handheld shot Arc Shot

Shots according to the number of characters

Two Shot Crowd Shot
Three Shot Empty Shot

TYPES OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography of Aesthetics
Portrait/Landscape Foreground/Background
Rule of Thirds Action shot
Framing Symmetrical
Frame within a frame Asymmetrical
Negative Space

Kinds of Photography
Fashion Photography Wildlife Photography
Nature Photography Macro Photography
Black and White Photography Food Photography
Documentary Photography Street Photography
Architectural Photography Photojournalism Photography

PHOTOGRAPY
The word "photography" was created from the Greekroots (phōtos), genitive of (phōs), "light" and
(graphé) "representation by means of lines" or "drawing"
Still life photography is a genre of photography used for the depiction of inanimate subject matter,
typically a small group of objects. It is the application of photography to the still life artistic style. An
example is food photography.
Cinematography, the art and technology of motion-picture photography. It involves such
techniques as the general composition of a scene; the lighting of the set or location; the choice
of cameras, lenses, filters, and film stock; the camera angle and movements; and the integration
of any special effects.

What constitutes a Photograph?

Shot using - a camera
- a mobile phone
- a tablet
- a webcam
Photography as Practice
Amateur/ Hobbyist - Professional
-you don’t get paid for your photos -you get paid for your photos
-you enter competition and win -you shot images yourself

Lens - the “the eye” of the Camera

Shooting Before Shooting

-respect the subject
-respect the community
-ask for permission
-gets permits
-assess the safety of your subjects

What is a shot?
-the basic unit of photography

human body - basis of measurement of shot according to distance of camera to subject

eye level (subject) - basis of measurement of shot according to angle of camera in viewing the subject

The rule of thirds is a concept in video and film production in which the frame is divided into nine
imaginary sections, as illustrated on the right. This creates reference points which act as guides for
framing the image. ... In this shot, the eyes are placed approximately 1/3 of the way down the frame.

Fashion photography is devoted to displaying clothing and other fashion items. Fashion
photography is most often conducted for advertisements or fashion magazines.

Nature photography is a wide range of photography taken outdoors and devoted to displaying natural
elements such as landscapes, wildlife, plants, and close-ups of natural scenes and textures.

Wildlife photography is a genre of photography concerned with documenting various forms

of wildlife in their natural habitat.

Macro photography is a kind of photography. Macro photography is about photographing objects that
are very close to the lens, the film or the sensor.

Documentary photography usually refers to a popular form of photography used to chronicle events
or environments both significant and relevant to history and historical events as well as everyday life.

Stock photos (stock photography) are professional photographs of common places, landmarks,
nature, events or people that are bought and sold on a royalty-free basis and can be used and reused
for commercial design purposes.

Photojournalism photography is a particular form of journalism that employs images in order to tell a
news story.

Aerial photography is the taking of photographs of the ground from an elevated/direct-down position.
Usually the camera is not supported by a lun and ground-based structure.

Conceptual photography is a type of photography that illustrates an idea.

Shallow focus is a photographic and cinematographic technique incorporating a small depth of field.
In shallow focus one plane of the image is in focus while the rest is out of focus. Shallow focus is
typically used to emphasize one part of the image over another.

Deep focus is a photographic and cinematographic technique using a large depth of field. Depth of
field is the front-to-back range of focus in an image — that is, how much of it appears sharp and clear.
Indeep focus the foreground, middle-ground and background are all in focus.

Depth of Field (DOF), also called focus range or effective focus range, is the distance between the
nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image.