#1) Focus and Hold Still

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2 Suggestions: This would be an excellent lecture for the first couple of weeks of school. Depending on your class time, you could do the first 5 one day and the last 5 the next day. I like to do it that way and get down old yearbooks and have the students find good and bad examples of each. I take the quiz included here for a grade. After we have done the notes, looked for examples, and taken the quiz, we get the cameras, and I give them the photo challenge with the included task cards! Then we upload the images and find their strengths and struggles. *The images included here are copyrighted by my staff and myself. They are NOT to be removed from this file, posted online, printed, transformed, or reused in any way. They are ONLY to be used with this presentation.

3 #1) Focus and Hold Still Photog s Tips: Be sure your camera is set to automatic focus Hold the shutter button half way down to let the focus adjust and then press the rest of the way Brace yourself Slow Down

4 Focus and Hold Still Automatic Focus on the Lens Shutter Button

5 Focus and Hold Still Neck Strap on Neck Both hands on camera; One on shutter; One on base of camera Elbows In

6 Focus and Hold Still EPIC FAIL

7 Brace Yourself Focus and Hold Still

8 EPIC FAIL Focus and Hold Still

9 #2) Lighting and Color Photog s Tips: Look for good lighting situations Avoid bad or low lighting situations Avoid over-exposing an image with too much light Interesting lighting can tell a great story Bright colors Use variation in colors Look for repeated colors Use school colors as often as possible

10 Lighting & Color Underexposed Adjust the settings or add flash

11 Lighting & Color Overexposed Adjust the settings or turn off flash

12 Good Lighting And Natural Color Lighting and Color

13 Interesting natural lighting Lighting and Color

14 Lighting and Color Interesting Lighting and Color While this image has been postprocessed, the intent of the flame as lighting and color is thoughtful.

15 #3) Rule of Thirds Photog s Tips: The basic principle behind the rule of thirds is to imagine breaking an image down into thirds (both horizontally and vertically) so that you have 9 parts. Some images make sense centered; Others make a bigger impact off center. The rule of thirds states than an image is most pleasing when its subjects or regions are composed along imaginary lines which divide the image into thirds The theory is that if you place points of interest in the intersections or along the lines that your photo becomes more balanced and will enable a viewer of the image to interact with it more naturally.

16 Rule of Thirds

17 Some images need to be centered Rule of Thirds

18 Other images intersect one of lines rather than being centered in between them known as Rule of Thirds Rule of Thirds

19 Off Centered captures the whole scene and tells an amazing story Rule of Thirds

20 Rule of Thirds

21 #4) Leading Lines Photog s Tips: Look for repetition to help tell the story Lines lead into the image or into a key point in the image

22 Leading Lines

23 Leading Lines

24 #5) Fill the Frame Photog s Tips: Get close Zoom in Focus on the main subject Eliminates distracting background

25 Fill the Frame

26 Fill the Frame

27 #6) Backgrounds Photog s Tips: Backgrounds can be busy and distract from your focal point Use creative backgrounds to your advantage

28 EPIC FAIL Backgrounds

29 Captures action and tells the story of a huge crowd Backgrounds

30 #7) Perspective and Camera Rotation Photog s Tips: Images can be taken horizontally and vertically They can even be taken in tilt mode Look for the unexpected to tell the story Move your body Move your position

31 Perspective and Camera Rotation

32 Perspective and Camera Rotation

33 Perspective and Camera Rotation

34 Perspective and Camera Rotation

35 #8) Natural Framing Photog s Tips: Natural framing is a photography technique where items being photographed are used as internal frames. These photographed frames can be natural such as trees, doorways, windows, or actual picture frames. What is used as a frame does not matter with this composition technique. What matters is that the item in your photograph frames the real subject of the image.

36 Framing in the foreground with nice in-focus subject Natural Framing

37 Framing in the foreground with foreground in focus Natural Framing

38 Framing in the entire images tells the story and focuses on the face. Natural Framing

39 #9) Objects tell a story, too! Photog s Tips: Look for objects that represent a whole story where your caption or copy can still cover students. Avoid random objects or clip art that distracts from the purpose of the page and takes up valuable real-estate. Can bring beautiful color to a page Still use creative composition when shooting stilllife.

40 This image went in a package that had copy and coverage about a Veteran s banquet. The food was prepared by students. Objects tell a story, too!

41 Objects tell a story, too!

42 #10) Have fun and be safe! Photog s Tips: Enjoy the experience! Make your subjects laugh, if possible. Look for people in their natural element so they will feel comfortable. Sometimes your subjects will have fun ideas, too!

43 Have fun!

44 Safety First Photography is dangerous, if you re too focused in on your job! Be aware of your surroundings. Know your boundaries. If possible, shoot with a partner.

45 QUIZ TIME! The following images would all be excellent for placing in a yearbook. Write what rules of composition you think they follow and why. Some may have more than one answer, so be sure to defend your answers thoughtfully and completely!

46 Quiz Time - #1

47 Quiz Time - #2

48 Quiz Time - #3

49 Quiz Time - #4

50 Quiz Time - #5

51 Quiz Time - #1 Suggested Answers: Rule of Thirds, Good Color, Lighting, Backgrounds

52 Quiz Time - #2 Suggested Answers: Leading Lines, Natural frame, Fill the Frame, Perspective

53 Quiz Time - #3 Suggested Answers: Rule of Thirds, Good Color, Lighting, Backgrounds

54 Quiz Time - #4 Suggested Answers: Fill the Frame, Rule of Thirds, Good Color, Lighting, Backgrounds, Perspective

55 Quiz Time - #5 Suggested Answers: Leading Lines, Good Color, Lighting, Objects tell a story

56 Remember The best camera is the one you have with you! Be Prepared!

57 Yearbook Advisor s Manual Sports Photography Lesson How to Write Captions Lesson