This document provides tips for taking effective photos and creating slideshow presentations. It recommends including pictures that tell a clear story, placing points of interest at the intersection of lines, using background to provide context, and leading lines to guide the viewer's eye. Proper use of depth of field, positioning of people, eye-level shots, flash, close-ups, and off-center subjects are also covered. Examples are given to demonstrate these techniques.

1. NEA Research Task 9
JOE JOHNSON

2. Tips – slide share
•Pictures make stories make sure it tells the right one
•Points of interest put the main parts of the image onto the crossing points of the
lines
•Background is vital for telling a story
•Use leading lines to draw attention to specific elements of the page
•Diagonal lines give a stronger sense of movement and force
•Depth of field, what's in the frame? What can/can’t the viewer see?
•People positioning – triangles, rows, rows with perspective, rows with diagonals

3. Tips
•Take the photo at the subjects eye level the subject doesn’t have to look into the camera simply
take the picture at their eye level
•Use flash outside one of the best ways to remedy this is to use the flash. Given that your subject
is within the range of the flash, it will work as a fill light, lifting the shadows and giving you a
more balanced picture.
•Get close to the subject filling the viewfinder will give you an impactful result. eliminating all
background distractions and displaying the subject from a different perspective than what we’re
used to.
•Place the subject off centre draws attention to the mage as it is unique and can easily stand out
from other competing images around it.

4. Examples