Shot Types

By: Bisi Oyejola

Task 3 Photography AB

Framing

Marco Marco photography is

extreme close up photography. Normally

it is suited for very small objects or living

things such as insects, this type of

photography makes these things look way bigger than it usually

is.

LandscapeLandscape photography is clear HD photographs of

things and environment on earth. There are loads of reasons why people take

pictures of the environment, such as when people travel they want to take pictures or

some people just love the sight of nature and outdoor

things.

Portrait Portrait photography is a photo of either a person

or a group of people. The main focus in these

photos are the persons face, in most portraits

there is no background but when there is it is blurred out to focus of

the person/people’s face.

DistanceThere are different types of distance shots such as long shot- long shot is mainly to identify where the person

being film is placed. Close up- Close up is when the camera is zoomed all the way to the

person/people’s face this is to show how the characters are feeling, an example of this is when two people are talking and something bad happens the audience can clearly see

how the person is feeling.

Angles

High Angle Shot

A high angle shot is when a

photograph is taken from a high

angle , this is called a cinematic technique which makes the object look powerless.

Low Angle ShotA low angle shot is when a photo is taken from a low view, such as for actors, when an actor is placed on a low angle then the photographer is taking a picture or video from below the actors eye which makes the view feel more smaller than usual.

Canted Angle ShotWhen a camera is tilted on a certain angle. They sometimes call it the Dutch tilt angle

Wide Angle Shot

Level

High Level Shot This is when the camera is placed on a high level while taking a video or a picture shot.

Low Level ShotA low level shot is when the camera is placed on a low level while it is on a low angle shot as well.

Composition

Rule of Thirds Foreground BackgroundBackground is based on the back of the photograph that is why it is called background this makes the photo that it is based on stand out more.

The rule of thirds is a common photography technique. They say that when having a picture you should put it in two horizontal and vertical lines which makes the picture more effective.

Foreground is based at the bottom edge of a photograph. Mainly when taking nature photographs it helps make it based of the object that it is suppose to be based on.

Focus

Depth of field Depth of field is part f the lens that only focuses on one object either at the front or back and makes everything else look blurry.

Sharp Different lenses perform different type of sharpness in a picture either in size or colour.

SoftSoft is making a picture more softer and light which would make the picture turn out more blurry.

Zoom

DigitalDigital photography is a type of photography that uses a certain type of electronic device in the cameras lens that captures every single detail in one picture.

AnalogueAnalogue photography is a very old fashion way of taking photographs. This is because when you take pictures the pictures would copy onto a certain material placed in the camera and when taken you are able to copy the picture onto a normal photo sheet.

OpticalOptical photography is very interesting but difficult. You would have to take photos of the background and a photo far away from the main picture to make the picture look realistic.