Monday, May 13- Wednesday May 15 Types of shots and learning to see

Types of shots and learning to see

Learning Target I can analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of the text.

Photographers use their cameras as tools of exploration, passports to inner sanctums, instruments for change.  Robert Draper, National Geographic Photographer.

In class for Monday,Tuesday and Wednesday:  Identifying three essential types of camera shots and learning to see. 

                           Assignment: begin by carefully reading the definition behind the three basic types of shots: close up, medium or establishing/ long shot.  

Look carefully at the exemplars. 

When you are comfortable with understanding the differences among the three, please go to the following link from Time magazine's photojournalism shots for 2018, where you will find a collection of 100 photos. We are using only the first 50. Your first photo is A group of Central American migrants and your final one is A steeple lies next to the Elah Baptist Church after being blown off by the strong winds of Hurricane Florence in Leland, N.C., on Sept. 16.

 Open a word document. Review numbers 1-50. For each identify the photographer and the image (you will be able to copy and paste this), identify the type of shot the photojournalist used and write one poignant feature of the image. This may be an aspect of setting, lighting, pattern, symmetry, texture, depth of field, rule of thirds, phi grid and lines. Take your time. This is due by midnight on Wednesday.

Close ups: 
A close-up or closeup  is a type of shot, which tightly frames a person or an object.
Close up tip:

Go to any spot of nature, such as a garden, an empty lot or a park, and arbitrarily pick a small area (20x20 feet is good). Then spend an hour there finding close-ups. 

Medium Shot: The medium shot is a general, all-purpose shot. It allows the viewer to pick up on  movements and gestures. Body language is important to conveying emotion, and the medium shot remains close enough to capture that emotion. The subject is in the middle distance, permitting some of the background to be seen.

Establishing Shot / Long Shot: a shot to orient the viewer and establish a sense of place. They are way to establish mood and viewpoints. 

Time Best Photojournalism images 2018:Time Magazine's Best photos 2018