Task Seventeen: Manual

Task Seventeen: Manual

Heres a photograph I took of a friend dribbling with a football.

Before you start, you'll need to have an idea of you want to photograph 

The first thing your going to do is set your White Balance to suit your environment with this picture I had set the White Balance to (5200K Direct Sunlight) 

Then you want to set your ISO to something low cause you don't want an Overexposed photo, Especially if your outside in direct sunlight. So adjust your ISO suitable to your environment. (Note If you adjust the ISO too high you will get digital noise)

You also want to check your Shutter and Aperture because they both have a see-saw affect, when you change one the other get's affected. So you'll have to know exactly what you want to photograph.

Vantage is basically the relationship between the camera and the subject

Then you'll have to decide if your photograph is going to be have a foreground shot, middle shot or a background shot, also you'll have to decide what's going to be in those shots.

Next is a couple of composition techniques, one is to Simplify the scene which I've done ii the photograph above. There are many other composition techniques such as Filling the frame, Aspect ratio,Leading lines, Space to move etc. 

Framing is what we decide to include in the frame and what not to include in the frame. (Cropping) which is very important because it allows you to change the whole meaning of the photo. 

Lines can provide many elements to a photo movement, pattern, energy, etc. I did not use this technique in photograph. A powerful method of improving the composition of your photos is the use of lines. 

Colour is important when your taking a photograph, You could use complimentary colours, contrasting colours or harmonious colours to really bring out your picture.

Texture can often take the form of curves. These curves can be very effectively utilized for composition purposes.

Decide what Light your going to use, How bright do you want the light to be, Also decide the direction the light will be coming, I used Daylight in my photograph, lighting is important in controlling the image

The Community I choose is my local football club and in the photograph I took of a photo of a team mate dribbling with a football.