1) KEEPING THE CAMERA STEADY
Many photographs have been ruined because of camera movement. Unless you want a blurred
picture, keeping your camera steady when shooting is crucial. The longer the exposure or focal-length lens you use, the more crucial holding your camera steady becomes; therefore, there are many instances when the use of a tripod or some other type of camera support is necessary.
The following section provides general guidelin.
2)HANDHOLDING THE CAMERA
Of the various methods to keep your camera steady, the best is to use a tripod, but often you may not have one with you or the situation makes the use of a tripod impossible. In these situations, if you use proper precautions, it is possible to take high-quality pictures using hand-held methods. Under normal circumstances, you should not handhold your camera at shutter speeds longer than about 1/60 second. When a long lens is used, this becomes even more critical, because the images produced by long lenses are affected more by camera movement.
3) CAMERA SUPPORTS
Use tripods, monopods and clamps.
4) PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION
Photographic composition is the pleasing arrangement of subject matter elements within the
picture area. Creative photography depends foremost on the photographer's ability to see as the camera sees because a photograph does not reproduce a scene quite the way we see it. The camera sees and records only a small isolated part of the larger scene, reduces it to only two dimensions, frames it, and freezes it. It does not discriminate as we do. When we look at a scene we selectively see only the important elements and more or less ignore the rest. A camera, on the other hand, sees all the details within the field of view. This is the reason some of our pictures are often disappointing. Backgrounds may be cluttered with objects we do not remember, our subjects are smaller in the frame or lessstriking than we recall, or the entire scene may lack significance and life. Good pictures are seldom created by chance. To make the most of any subject, you must understand the basic principles of composition. The way you arrange the elements of a scene within a picture, catch the viewer’s attention, please the eye, or make a clear statement are all qualities of good composition. By developing photographic composition skills, you can produce photographs that suggest movement, life, depth, shape, and form, recreating the impact of the original scene.
Many photographs have been ruined because of camera movement. Unless you want a blurred
picture, keeping your camera steady when shooting is crucial. The longer the exposure or focal-length lens you use, the more crucial holding your camera steady becomes; therefore, there are many instances when the use of a tripod or some other type of camera support is necessary.
The following section provides general guidelin.
2)HANDHOLDING THE CAMERA
Of the various methods to keep your camera steady, the best is to use a tripod, but often you may not have one with you or the situation makes the use of a tripod impossible. In these situations, if you use proper precautions, it is possible to take high-quality pictures using hand-held methods. Under normal circumstances, you should not handhold your camera at shutter speeds longer than about 1/60 second. When a long lens is used, this becomes even more critical, because the images produced by long lenses are affected more by camera movement.
3) CAMERA SUPPORTS
Use tripods, monopods and clamps.
4) PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION
Photographic composition is the pleasing arrangement of subject matter elements within the
picture area. Creative photography depends foremost on the photographer's ability to see as the camera sees because a photograph does not reproduce a scene quite the way we see it. The camera sees and records only a small isolated part of the larger scene, reduces it to only two dimensions, frames it, and freezes it. It does not discriminate as we do. When we look at a scene we selectively see only the important elements and more or less ignore the rest. A camera, on the other hand, sees all the details within the field of view. This is the reason some of our pictures are often disappointing. Backgrounds may be cluttered with objects we do not remember, our subjects are smaller in the frame or lessstriking than we recall, or the entire scene may lack significance and life. Good pictures are seldom created by chance. To make the most of any subject, you must understand the basic principles of composition. The way you arrange the elements of a scene within a picture, catch the viewer’s attention, please the eye, or make a clear statement are all qualities of good composition. By developing photographic composition skills, you can produce photographs that suggest movement, life, depth, shape, and form, recreating the impact of the original scene.
