introduction to photography

Photography

Adding colour and movement

Why add images?

• Illustrate – some stories need illustration

• Sometimes image is the story

• Emote – add visual emotion

• Balance – overall look of page

• Keep your audience

Elements

• Story• Subject• Location• Composition• Perspective

Story

• Plan your photos as you would plan the story

• Plan to relate the photo to the story

• Be flexible – if the photo suggests a different hook for the web story - go with it.

Location

• How will location affect your shots

• How will time of day add or detract

• How much time to take your shots

Subject

• What is the subject of the story

• Does the subject make a good photo

• People make better photos than things

Composition

• The rule of thirds• Framing and framing• Close and wide – long

and tight

Perspective

• “If your photo isn’t good enough you probably aren’t close enough”

• Use different angles• Think of eye lines –

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Portraits

• Want 3-d• no distractions• Plain clothes• Backgrounds• Even Light• Angle bodies• Angled shots• No studios,

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