The document discusses the key elements that make a good photograph, including good composition through proper framing and following rules like the rule of thirds. Other elements are sharp focus, good lighting, correct exposure achieved through aperture, shutter speed and ISO settings, using the right lens for the situation, and having thoughtful intent behind the picture. Composition is emphasized as important through different angles, frames like close-ups, and using space properly including head room.

1. Basics of PHOTOGRAPHY

2. What Makes a Good Photograph?
Good Composition
Sharp Focus
Good Lighting
Correct Exposure
The Right Lens
Thought Behind the Picture

3. WHAT IS
COMPOSITION?
How you compose or frame different elements in a
photograph.
There are a few basic rules for composing or framing a
good picture.
Your camera can’t compose for you.

4. RULES OF FRAMING /COMPOSITION
• Rule of Thirds
• Different Angles – Low Angle & Top Angle
• Close Up, Mid Shot, Wide/Landscape
• Head Room

5. Composition/Framing - Rule of Thirds

6. Composition/Framing - Rule of Thirds
Follow the Gaze

8. Composition/Framing - Rule of Thirds
Follow the Direction of the Movement

9. Which Direction is the Elephant Moving In?

16. Is this Picture Following the Rule of Thirds?

17. Composition/Framing – Different Angles
• Low Angle
• Top Angle

18. Composition/Framing – Different Angles
• Low Angle

19. Composition/Framing – Different Angles
• Top Angle

20. Composition/Framing – Different Frames
• Close Up
• Mid Shot/Frame
• Wide Shot or Landscape

21. Composition/Framing – Different Frames
• Close Up

22. Composition/Framing – Different Frames
• Close Up

23. Composition/Framing – Different Frames
• Extreme
Close Up

24. Composition/Framing – Different Frames
• Extreme
Close Up

25. Composition/Framing – Different Frames
• Mid Shot or Medium Shot

26. Composition/Framing – Different Frames
• Mid Shot or Medium Shot

27. Composition/Framing – Different Frames
• Wide Shot

28. Composition/Framing – Different Frames
• Landscape Shot

29. Composition/Framing – Different Frames
• Landscape Shot

30. Composition
Different Frames & Different Angles
The different angles or the frames you choose,
can make or break you picture.
The power in a picture comes from the different
angles or frames you choose

31. Composition/Framing – Head Room
• Space above the head should not too much

32. What Makes a Good Photograph?
Good Composition
Sharp Focus
Good Lighting
Correct Exposure
The Right Lens
Thought Behind the Picture

33. A Good Picture is Mostly in Sharp FocusUnless Intended to be Blurry

34. Good Picture is Mostly in – Sharp FocusUnless Intended to be blurry

35. Good Picture is Mostly in – Sharp FocusUnless Intended to be blurry

36. Good Picture – Good Lighting
Best Natural Lighting –
Mornings – Sunrise to 10 am
Evenings – 3pm to Sunset
Natural Light Timings Change According to Seasons
Avoid Taking Pictures When the Sun is Over Head

40. Good Picture – Good Lighting
Make Sure
That the Light Source is Behind You
That the Light should be Falling On the Subject

41. Good Picture – Good Lighting
If the Light Source is Behind the Subject
And in Front of you/camera
You will get a ---
Silhouette

42. Good Picture – Good Lighting
Silhouette

43. Good Picture – Good Lighting
Silhouette

44. Good Picture – Correct Exposure
Exposure Controlled by 3 Components
Aperture
Shutter Speed
ISO

45. Good Picture – Correct Exposure
Aperture
Controls the Amount of Light Entering the
Camera Through the Aperture or the Iris of the
Camera Lens and Falling on the Camera Sensor.

46. Good Picture – Correct Exposure
Aperture
The aperture of the camera behaves exactly in
the same way the iris of our eyes do.
When there is too much light the iris becomes
SMALL or closes up
When there is less light the iris enlarges or
OPENS UP

47. Good Picture – Correct Exposure
Aperture
Very Sunny - Small iris – Higher the Number
Low Light – iris opens up – Lower the Number

48. Good Picture – Correct Exposure
Shutter Speed
The Speed at which the Shutter of the Camera
Opens and Closes.
It controls the amount of time the light gets to
fall on/read by the sensor.

49. Good Picture – Correct Exposure
Shutter Speed
A High Shutter Speed is Used for
Fast Moving Subjects/Objects

50. Good Picture – Correct Exposure
High Shutter
Speed
A High
Shutter
Speed is
Used for
Fast Moving
Subjects/Obj
ects

51. Good Picture – Correct Exposure
High Shutter
Speed
A High
Shutter
Speed is
Used for
Fast Moving
Subjects/Obj
ects

52. Good Picture – Correct Exposure
Shutter Speed
A Slow Shutter Speed is Used
When the Light is LOW
Or
When a Blurry Effect is Desired

53. Good Picture – Correct Exposure
Shutter Speed
A Slow Shutter
Speed is Used
When the
Light is LOW
Or
When a Blurry
Effect is
Desired

54. Good Picture – Correct Exposure
Shutter Speed
A Slow Shutter
Speed is Used
When the
Light is LOW
Or
When a Blurry
Effect is
Desired

55. Good Picture – Correct Exposure
ISO
ISO helps the camera Sensor to be more or less
sensitive to light.
Usually a Higher ISO is used when the Light is
Low.
Note – Higher the ISO, grainier the picture.

56. Composition/Framing – Depth of Field
• When the background is out of focus
• For 2 reasons
• The focus is on the object in the front
• And the Aperture is fully open, ie the light is
low or the light entering the camera is less
because of the settings you have chosen.

57. Composition/Framing – Depth of Field

58. Composition/Framing – Depth of Field

59. What Makes a Good Photograph?
Good Composition
Sharp Focus
Good Lighting
Correct Exposure
The Right Lens
Thought Behind the Picture

60. The Right Lens
Different Kinds of Lens
Normal Lens
Wide Angle Lens
Telephoto/Tele Lens
Zoom Lens
Fish Eye Lens
Macro

61. The Right Lens - Macro
Useful for getting the details of insects, flowers,
etc.

68. What Makes a Good Photograph?
Good Composition
Sharp Focus
Good Lighting
Correct Exposure
The Right Lens
Thought Behind the Picture

69. The Thought Behind the Picture