Presentation that teachers can use to show younger children how to take photos

2. Special care rules with cameras
 If there is neck strap…wear
it!
 If there is a hand strap…put
it on!
 If there is lens cap…always
replace it!
 Try not to touch the screen
or lens with your fingers
 Turn off the camera when
you are not using it

3. If you are taking a close up…
…move the camera up closer rather then
using the zoom

4. High Angle
or
Birds Eye
Your subject should
look small and
insignificant so
the higher up
looking down the
better!

5. Low Angle
Or Worms Eye
The
camera is
down low
looking up
making
your
subject
look more
important
or
powerful.

7. Wide Shot or Long Shot
Establishes the
setting
Take a Wide shot that
sets the scene for
the viewer

8. Horizon line
Don’t cut your picture
in half by setting the
horizon line in the
middle
 Set high to suggest
closeness
 Set low to suggest
spaciousness

9. Leading
lines
 Look for natural lines of the scene that leads the viewers
eyes into the picture and to your main centre of interest
 Remember horizon lines
 Do a vertical and a horizontal photo

10. Look carefully behind your subject or
beside your subject

11. Horizontal and
Vertical
Take a photo in horizontal
view
Take the same photo in
Vertical view.

13. Close up Shot
The subjects head will fill most of
the shot from the chest or neck
to just above the head. Use this
shot to emphasise something.
Have them look away!
Do not put the head in the middle
of the shot (unless it is a
newsreader) give the head space
in front of it!
Newsreader shot

17. Photos of kids
If they are smaller
then you then get
down low.
Take photos when
they are doing
something.
Get in close.
Make it fun.

19. Extreme close
up (ECU)
Only a part of
the body or
face is shown
and
generally is
used to
demonstrate
deep emotion.

20. Medium Shot MS
shows a character from the waist to just
above the head

21. Two shot
Profile of two people communicating

22. Over the shoulder
Face and shoulder
shot of speaker,
listener just part
of head and one
shoulder
Reverse Shot
Same as above but change speaker and listener

23. Macro or super close up
Set your camera to Macro and take close
ups of nature
When taking close
ups move as close to
the subject as
possible before using
the Zoom

24. Foreground
Sometimes objects in the foreground can
set a scene like branches or doorways

25. Remember these rules
 People or subjects are better
off centre
 Don’t make the eyes the
centre of the photo
 Portraits are usually eye level
(position yourself so you are
eye level)
 Find simple uncluttered
backgrounds
 Stay away from signs and
large text