This document discusses various photographic framing and shot types including wide shots, full shots, mid shots, and close ups. It also covers concepts like headroom, lookroom, and leadroom which refer to the spacing around the subject. Framing techniques like using foreground objects or L-lines to frame background subjects are also mentioned.

1. Photographic Elements Framing

2. Shot Types A generic term for how you have framed your subject

3. Wide Shot Highlights setting then very small subject

5. Full Shot Head to Toe Shows Subject and Setting equally

7. Mid Shot Cuts Subject in Half Details subject then background

9. Close Up Details Subject only Get as close as you think you need to be, then two Steps Closer

11. Headroom The space between the top of the picture and the top of your subject. Relative to Shot type Less is Better

13. Lookroom The space between the implied lines off a stationary subject and the edge of the screen. Gives life Can be purposefully misused

15. Leadroom The space between the direction of a moving subject and the edge of the picture. Relative to speed of object

17. Framing with Objects Foreground objects frame background subjects. Form in the foreground; Shape in the background L-Lines are great for Framing

19. Avoiding Mergers Objects, usually lines, in the foreground or background that combine with subject