Monday 7 March 2016

Unit 10 Digital Photography Task 3

Thaddeus O'Connor-Dunphie
Task 3

Framing

Macro


Macro is a type of extreme close up photography where the subject of whatever is in the picture looks much larger than it would look like in rea life, for example a picture of an insect would be very detailed and look gigantic to what it would actually look like in real life










Landscape

Landscape photography is always horizontal as it fills in as much space as it can. This type of photography mostly revolves around photos of world nature however there are also landscape pictures of manmade buildings and structures.














Portrait 

Portrait photography is the opposite of landscape photography as it is always horizontal. This type of photography usually revolves around people’s faces and their expressions it tries to show mood in the pictures. Sometimes it may just be one person other times it may be many. However just because it shows off their expression of people’s faces it can also show off the background and entire body of the person.

















Distance

Distance in photography can vary between different types which are close ups and long shots.  You get these different shots by adjusting the lens of the camera to either zoom in or zoom out. Close ups are specific to one object for example the picture below is of a tennis ball, you can see the shading on it and the colour, material stands out. Whereas the long shot photo of the pier looks as if it is far away and you’re at the start of the pier looking ahead which is why you can’t see as much detail on the lamps or fences.















Angle

High angle

A high angled shot is a shot that looks down on someone from above like a bird’s eye view. This angle is usually used when the person which is being looked down on is supposed to be powerless because the photo is looking down on them as if you’re looking down them because you’re the one looking at the picture 













Low angle

A Low angled shot is the opposite of what a high angled shot is being that this time the picture is taken from below not from above. This time it makes you feel like your small looking up at whatever it is that the picture is of.












Canted angle

Canted angle is a camera angle that is deliberately tilted to one side, the reason for this is because this sort photography is meant to be used to show off certain themes such as madness, or maybe it might be used in action scenes etc.












Wide angle

A wide angled shot is a phytography camera shot which is used to show the entire object, human figure or whatever it is being taken a picture of. This shot also tries to capture the surroundings of whatever it is the picture is being taken of. This would be to show off the natural habitats and nature of the picture.












Level

High level

This type of photography is very similar to high angled photography as it is from above looking down onto something and then taking the picture to see what it looks like from above in bird’s eye view, to make you feel big when looking at the picture.











Low level

This type of photography is very similar to low angled photography as it is from below looking upwards at something and then taking the picture to see what it looks like from below to make you feel smaller when looking at the picture.

Composition

Rule of thirds

The rule of thirds is  when you have taken a photograph and drawn over the picture with four lines, two horizontal lines and two vertical lines crossing over each other creating nine squares. When you have the nine squares on top of your photo you will see how it is separated out for example a picture of a tree might just be seen in one square to the left while the sun or sky may be in its own square to top right. So it separates out the photograph allowing you to focus on certain parts of the picture.












Foreground

Foreground is used in photography and film making, in film making it is the part of a scene which is nearest to the front of the viewer and just like films it goes the same for pictures it is the scene which picture is nearest to and in front of the viewer.












Background

Background used in photography is what you can see surrounding the main focus of what is in the picture, for example for a picture of a tree the background would be what is surrounding the tree and where the tree is located like a woods and in the grass etc.







Focus

Depth of field

The depth of field is how far a certain distance is between the nearest and the farthest objects which are visible in the scene or photograph, they appear much more sharp in an image. The lens of a camera can only focus on one distance at a time and the decrease in the sharpness is shown on each side of the focused distance. So the sharpness is imperceptible by viewing it under normal circumstances.






As you can see the can of coke in the middle looks very sharp and focused however because of the reason that the camera lens can only focus on one distance at a time the other two cans of coke are out of focus and look blurry and nowhere near as sharp as the one in the middle.

Sharp

Sharp focus is the sharpness in photography and how focused the picture is or not, for example if a photo is blurry and does not look as good as what it does in real life then that means your picture is not sharp. However if your photo has a lot of detail and looks just like what it does in real life then that means the sharpness of your photo is good as you have focused it very well.













Soft

Soft focus is the opposite of sharp focus so the lens form images that are blurred and the picture does not look as near as good than what it does in real life. However a soft focus is not the same as an out focus image there are differences between these both being that the effect cannot just be achieved by simply defocusing the sharp lens












Zoom

Digital

Digital zoom is a method of increasing the view so that you can see things in much more detail. For example the picture below shows a bird on a tree stump. By looking at the first picture you don’t notice that the bird has something in his mouth, and if you do notice it you still can’t tell what it is that the bird has in its mouth. So when the digital zoom is put to action it makes the picture look like its much closer to the bird and it has much more detail. The bird has an insect in his mouth and you can see the bird more clearly. So digital zoom helps see pictures more clearly and it is used on cameras. However with digital zoom the pixels are stretched as the picture is only focusing on one particular thing in the picture below it is the bird, this is why the background is bad quality and only the bird can be seen in good quality because the camera is only focused on the bird and nothing else. In addition to this you are only able to zoom into the picture once you have actually taken the photo.




Analogue

Analogue zoom is a process where the movement of a few lenses inside of the camera results in the magnification of the image, without compromising or deteriorating the quality of the image. Analogue zoom simply captures a perspective that is close than the original perspective. Digital zoom on the other hand is a process where the pixels of a digital image are stretched out, and the resulting picture is focusing on just one part of the perspective if the lens.





This is a picture if analogue lens



Optical

On a digital camera, optical zoom is a true zoom feature. It allows you to zoom in (or out) on the subject in the LCD or viewfinder. This will enable you to get a closer view of the subject before taking your picture. So for example if you are taken a picture of a squirrel on a tree you would want to be quiet so that you don’t scare it off but you would also want to get closer so that you can get a better shot of the squirrel. With the optical zoom you are able to zoom in before you even take the photo allowing you to stay back from the squirrel but zoom in onto it as if you was sitting right next to it taking the picture.





































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