Day 7 - Zooming
1) VIDEO LESSON
2) TRIPOD DEMONSTRATION
3) HOW TO TAKE A PROPER ZOOMING SHOT
4) PRACTICE SHOOTING!
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EXAMPLE:
1) VIDEO LESSON
2) TRIPOD DEMONSTRATION
3) HOW TO TAKE A PROPER ZOOMING SHOT
4) PRACTICE SHOOTING!
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EXAMPLE:
(Source: http://www.pxleyes.com/photography-contest/21526/zooming-while-shooting.html)
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1) VIDEO LESSON
1) VIDEO LESSON
2) HOW TO USE A TRIPOD
Your teacher will demonstrate how to use the various kinds of tripod we have here in the school. Everyone will need to practice assembling and disassembling one, as well as figuring out how to attach your camera to it!
3) HOW TO TAKE A PROPER ZOOMING SHOT
- Use a tripod!
- Use (S) Shutter Priority mode
- Set your shutter speed from 1s to 1/4s (slower is often better)
- You probably want a low ISO so that the slow shutter speed doesn't make your image too bright
- Set your focal length to 55mm
- With your left hand, hold the zoom ring from the TOP
- The moment you start zooming in, press the shutter release button
- For best results, you want a steady, fluid left hand motion that will get you from 55-18mm in the exact amount of time the you've set your shutter to!
- Only one point of your image (the dead centre) will be in clear focus, so be sure your camera is centered to that point.
- The busier and more colourful the background, the better! Plain white walls make for poor, uninspiring zooming photos.
- If your subject is not stationary (i.e. is a person), have them be as still as possible.
3) PRACTICE SHOOTING!
Try out this technique (experiment with the different shutter speeds listed above) in a variety of shots:
- Letters on a keyboard
- Your partner's eye or nose up close
- Your partner in the centre of a hallway (further away)
- Yourself, through a mirror
- A plain, white wall (so you can see the result)
- Part of the logo on someone's T-shirt
- Other cool ideas you can think of!
Your teacher will demonstrate how to use the various kinds of tripod we have here in the school. Everyone will need to practice assembling and disassembling one, as well as figuring out how to attach your camera to it!
3) HOW TO TAKE A PROPER ZOOMING SHOT
- Use a tripod!
- Use (S) Shutter Priority mode
- Set your shutter speed from 1s to 1/4s (slower is often better)
- You probably want a low ISO so that the slow shutter speed doesn't make your image too bright
- Set your focal length to 55mm
- With your left hand, hold the zoom ring from the TOP
- The moment you start zooming in, press the shutter release button
- For best results, you want a steady, fluid left hand motion that will get you from 55-18mm in the exact amount of time the you've set your shutter to!
- Only one point of your image (the dead centre) will be in clear focus, so be sure your camera is centered to that point.
- The busier and more colourful the background, the better! Plain white walls make for poor, uninspiring zooming photos.
- If your subject is not stationary (i.e. is a person), have them be as still as possible.
3) PRACTICE SHOOTING!
Try out this technique (experiment with the different shutter speeds listed above) in a variety of shots:
- Letters on a keyboard
- Your partner's eye or nose up close
- Your partner in the centre of a hallway (further away)
- Yourself, through a mirror
- A plain, white wall (so you can see the result)
- Part of the logo on someone's T-shirt
- Other cool ideas you can think of!