Get Great Shots
Shoot Lots of Insert Shots - get details
The Santa Monica Beacon
Lots of insert shots - one after another
Change the image size. Change the angle
Video on QuickTime 7 - Windows Media .wmv - on Blip TV |
PETCO Chihuahua Races
Lots of insert shots - one after another
Change the image size. Change the angle
Video on QuickTime 7 | Windows Media .wmv | on Blip TV |
KEEP TRACK OF YOUR SHOT VIDEO TAPE
INDOOR SHOOTING
- Typically looks very good with the Canon HV20
- Available Light - indoors often looks just fine
- Available Light - whatever light is available
- no extra movie lights or flash
- daylight from a window (blue) is available lightOUTDOOR LIGHTING
- Overcast daylight looks good all the time
- Shade looks good all the time
Time Of Day
- Sunlight - backlit looks good
- Sunlight looks good from the side or backlit - early morning/afternoon
- Backlight with a dark distant background looks good
- Harsh Sunlight from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
- Harsh light - not a good time of day
- Look for tree shade or building shade or shoot indoors
Learn about White Balance
Daylight - Overcast - Light Bulbs - Fluorescent lights
Video Cameras have white balance settings - learn how to use white balance
COMPOSITION
What's in your shot? Where is it in your frame?
CAMERA ANGLE
You can shoot people in more ways than just straight on horizontal
Young Girl
In Harsh Sunlight - set up a shot in the shade
Include some view of distance in your shot - like her brother down on the right
Trees - Backlit Sun
- notice the direction of the shadows
Flower - Dark Background
- notice the direction of the shadow
- harsh light - but looks good
2 Trees
Dark Background - backlit sunlight
Weeds
Dark Background - backlit sunlight
Street in the rain
Overcast Day
Country road in the rain
Overcast Day - through the windshield of a car
2 Guys
Harsh Sunlight Light - but backlit - darker background
- notice the direction of the shadows
3 People
Interior - daylight through window
Clams
Indoor - Available Light
- Daylight is BLUE
- Light Bulbs are ORANGE
Interior Car
Backlight Sun - late in the day
Shoot Interesting shots
- insert shots
- look for what interests you - shots that help tell the story
Shoot Interesting shots
- insert shots
- look for what interests you
Shoot Interesting shots
- insert shots
- look for what interests you
Shoot Interesting shots
- insert shots
- look for what interests you
Shoot Interesting shots
- insert shots
- look for what interests you - close ups - details
MACRO LENS SHOTS
- look for what interests you - close ups - details
A Canon HV20 video camera
with a wide angle lens attached may also be set-up as a close-up macro lens
HARSH DAYLIGHT
- not a good time of day for photos
HARSH DAYLIGHT
- not a good time of day for photos
CAMERA ANGLE
Often a shoot improves if the image is at an angle - not always straight on
Fence - Sunlight
- look for shade
- notice direction of the shadows
Fence & Road
Backlit Sunlight - late in the day
- look for shade
- notice direction of the shadows
Early Morning Light - side light - notice the shadows
An Insert Shot - early morning sunlight - direct flat sunlight
A polarizing filter, used both in color and black and white photography, can be used to darken overly light skies. Because the clouds are relatively unchanged, the contrast between the clouds and the sky is increased. Atmospheric haze and reflected sunlight are also reduced, and in color photographs overall color saturation is increased. Polarizers are often used to deal with situations involving reflections, such as those involving water or glass, including pictures taken through glass windows (this uses the phenomenon of Brewster's angle).
Polarizers are the type of filter whose use is least
affected by digital photography; while effects that may visually resemble
the results of a polarizing filter can be simulated with software post-processing,
many of the optical properties of polarization control at the time of capture
simply cannot be replicated, particularly those involving reflections.
A linear polarizer
transmits one of two states of linearly polarized
light.
A "circular polarizer"
(sometimes called a CPL filter)
similarly selects a linear state but then converts
it to circularly polarized light by means of a birefringent layer (typically
a quarter-wave plate) that follows the linear polarizer within the filter.
The metering and auto-focus sensors in certain cameras, including virtually
all SLRs, will not work properly with linear polarizers because the mirror
and/or beam-splitters used to split off the light for focusing and metering
are polarization-dependent. Circular polarizers work with all types of
cameras, because mirrors and beam-splitters reflect both circular polarizations
equally.
Polarizer Tips: http://www.offrench.net/photos/articles/polarizing_filter.php
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