(Post 8) Photography practice

Photography practice

I was given the task to practice my photography skills and shoot 9 photographs using various techniques, which included 3 main parts. These 3 main parts were the angle, distance and composition, I then had to shoot these different types of shots and explain why I have shot each shot.

High angle

A high angle is a camera angle that looks down upon a subject and is used to make the subject look vulnerable or small. In this case, I have used this angle to make the subject look vulnerable and powerless.

Low angle

A low angle is a camera angle that looks down upon a subject and is used to make the subject look vulnerable or small. In this case, I have used this angle to make the subject look vulnerable and powerless.

Canted angle

The canted angle is used to create a sense of unease or to emphasise the seriousness of the situation.

Extreme close up (ECU)

The extreme close up shot contains one part of a character’s face or another object. These shots are used for dramatic and tense effect.

Mid or medium shot (MS)

The mid shot, also called the medium shot, of actors are mostly framed from the waist up, allowing us to see both a character's face and their body language due to the combination of distance and framing.

Long shot (LS)

The long shot, requires a full shot showing the entire human body with the head near the top of the frame and the feet near the bottom, not cropping anything out. The background near human body is still shows but only at the sides.

Extreme long shot (ELS)

An extreme long shot is used to establish the scene and mood of a film. Despite the image's lack of detail, you can tell where the scene is set.

Rule of thirds

The Rule of thirds is the process of dividing an image into thirds, using two horizontal and two vertical lines. 

Depth of field

Depth of field refers to the area (depth) in front and in the back of the focus distance that is sharp, while the rest becomes blurry. A wide depth of field will result in much of the photo in focus. A narrow depth of field will result in much more of the photo out of focus.