Zoo Photos and Flowers

8/2/2019 Zoo Photos and Flowers

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On your handout, list 10 things,

objects, details or elements thatmake a city urban


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ZOO PHOTOGRAPHY

Lincoln Park Zoo


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ART SHAY

B 1922 Grew up in NY

Blew up 52 bombermissions in WWII

Became aphotographer for LIFEmagazine, SportsIllustrated, Time

Photographed 7presidents

Has had 3 majorexhibits in Chicago

Now working with Billy


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BACKGROUNDS

Use Shallow DOF (shoot on Aperturepriority with an Aperture of f/5.6)

Use an INTERSTING ANGLE (birdseye, worms eye)

Cropping (GET IN CLOSE)well, asclose as you can

Walk around the exhibit to get thebest view (try to eliminatedistractions)


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Find the humor!


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GLASS

If you see glare in glass, you MUSTchange your angle until you dontsee it anymore

Carry a cloth to wipe down glass

Put your camera on MANUAL focus

Press your camera against the glass,focus, and shoot


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FENCES

Use a shallow depth of field to blurout the fence


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ACTION SHOTS

Try a fast shutter for FREEZE MOTIONshots

Try a slow shutter when an animal ismoving (i.e. when an ape isswinging)

Rest your camera on the side rail so it

doesnt movekeep your cameraaround your neck!


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BOTANIC GARDENLincoln Park Conservatory


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Aperture Priority

Use a shallow DEPTH OF FIELD (likef/4)


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RADIAL BALANCE

Have a circular flower totallybalanced in the center of your photo


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RULE OF THIRDS


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ABSTRACT


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PATTERN/REPETITION


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STREET PHOTOGRAPHYAT THE ZOO


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How to overcome the fear

of photographing peopleat the zoo

nce you as one person t s


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nce you as one person, t seasier

(you will have a Student Photographer

Tag)


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Smile and say Thank You


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Compliment people


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Get close to your subjects


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Be prepared how to react


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Ask for permission


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How to be invisible whenshooting in the streets


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Pretend like you took a

photo of something else


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HIP SHOTS


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5 Key Themes to StreetPhotography

Juxtaposition

Interaction

Emotion

Surrealism

Decisive Moment


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Juxtaposition

Find contrasts, set up the scene, andwait.

Combines opposites and contrasts of objects,ideas and people, all combined in a frame


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Interaction

Interaction of people and place,concepts and ideas.


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Emotion

Emotion. Candid look. A snippet of life.Use the interactions of people andplace to

capture a sense of emotion andfeeling.


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Surrealism

Surrealism. Extraordinarypeople or places.Minimalism, maximalism.

Shadows andlight. Lines. Symbols.


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Decisive Moment

A concept popularized by Henri Cartier-Bresson,its the

creative fraction of a second that makes animage memorable.


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Take a lot of pictures

Learn how to use your camera. Learnthe basic rules of photography , then

learn how and when to discard them.Even if youre not shooting, always

be looking.

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