Emphasis Technique

Leading Lines

Lines in a photograph like a bridge, a pathway,a fence

 lead the eye to the focal point and draw your eyes to the person

 Rules of Thrids

The picture is dividing the scene into nine parts.

it moves the frame so cookies ants the ant are slightly off-centre

Framing

Brings attention to the bird by placing frame around it using things like wires.

Contrast

The comb because its a different color.

It creates contrast and emphasis and directs the viewer's attention.

 Repetition

Banana cream filling has a repeating shapes or pattern.

It leads a person's eye more effective to the simple subject.

Favorite Photo #102

Why did you choose this as your favourite?
I chose this photo because it's really interesting of whats happening to the background and it's something you would hardly see in real life.

Describe the event in the photo (in your own words).
Thousands of birds are flying in a group near a farmland.


Identify the subject.
Starling flock (bird)

Describe what is in the background.
 landscape, mountains and a farmland

Camera Care

1. Where should you store your camera?
    Keep in camera bag
2. What must you never use to clean your camera?
   Anything that isn't a camera gear used for the purpose  especially sleeve or shirt
3.What do you do if your camera gets wet?
    Turn off the camera remove the battery then remove memory card and air dry for 24 hours
4. How do you clean the lens?
   With a dry cloth and a special brush just for camera (Camel's hair brush)
5. What do you do with your batteries when you aren't using your camera?
 Remove the battery, store in camera bag

Camera Modes

   

             1. Portrait - blur out the back ground focus on 
 2. Micro/close up – for taking close up photos
 3. Landscape – take detail picture of the background

             4. Sports – make the picture that your talking not be
blurry/freeze

             5. Night – for darker scenes use with flash
 6. Day light/Sunny – normal white balance

             7. Automatic white balance – camera set white balance by itself

             8. Tungsten – for sunsets

             9. Custom – Gray and white

            10. Florescent – taking photo in florescent (red lights) 

            11. No Flash – flash will not fire

12. Automatic mode  – chosen by camera

13. Aperture priority – mode where you choose the aperture

14. Programmed auto- the camera selects all the functions and camera choose other setting

15. Shutter priority –select a shutter speed camera choose other setting

16. Manual – up to the user