Camera Handling

It is essential for a photographer to know how to handle a camera properly.

First, if a digital camera not held properly, there is no amount of software trickery can rescue a bad picture. In fact, they are many people can make a common silly mistake like draping a stray finger over the lens and also creating camera shake because of bad posture.

When using a Dslr camera, a photographer usually make a good grip with their right hand on the camera and make sure their pointer finger can move freely where the other fingers getting a good grip on the camera. The other hand holding the base of the camera on the lens where the thumb finger on the left of the lens. You must remember draw both elbows toward the body and shoot. By doing a proper holding of the camera doesn't make it a good posture. Lastly, needs remember to stand properly with the two legs having a good stand like a tripod base.

Basic Camera Handling Techniques

Never let your camera strap dangle! 

To avoid the camera swing and dangle, the strap is handy and provides a fine measure of security for the camera. When shooting, place the strap around your neck. Besides, if the camera is in one hand and the reach of your arm, it will make the strap around your neck unfeasible, so needs wrap the strap around your hand to secure it. Furthermore, if you are handling the camera to a friends, please make sure to place the strap over his or her head which is hanging the camera around his or her neck.

Left hand cradles the camera.

Why say ‘left hand cradles the camera’? It means you needs to bring your left hand low to support the camera which providing a base for the body to rest on. Besides, it also used to stabilize the camera body and convenient to locating it, to perform ‘focus’ and ‘zoom’.

Right hand pulls the trigger. 

It means the right hand firmly grip the camera body on its right side. Usually , the pointer finger is used to press the shutter release and the middle finger is used to depress the depth of field preview button which located on the front, right hand side of the body. Besides, the right thumb is used to rotate the knob nearest it, on the top right of the body. Lastly, this change will exist either apertures or the shutter speeds are just depending upon how the camera is set up.

Protect the lens. 

The lens needs a shade or filter on the front of it. It performs a dual role which the first is it cuts haze and provides a very slight warming of the image, and the second is the filter can deflect and protect the more delicate lens. Thus, if losing a filter beats irreparably damaging the lens any moment and day.

Using a Tripod

Tripod is one of the useful tools that used by most photographers which can keep the camera steady under slow shutter speed. Besides, a tripod also can prevent blurred and out of focus result.

In conclusion, practice holding you camera body and get comfortable in using your fingers to make adjustments quickly and smoothly. Besides, protect your camera and associated equipment because it is an investment that can last a lifetime and, if cared for and protected, can even save you money!

References:

http://lancephototips.blogspot.com/2007/06/camera-handling.html

Introduction of Composition

Composition

Composition means arrangement which is orderly putting together of part to make a unified whole. The composition can through a personal and intuitive act. Besides, there is no rules to composition, it only guides and extremely flexible principles that may help us to see more sensitively instead of in a hit or miss manner. Thus, we can learn to give form and balance by putting together the elements harmoniously which can help us see a subject in the strongest way through composition.

Rule of Third

The rule of third is the frame that can be divided into three horizontal sections and three vertical sections where the horizontal and vertical lines intersect makes an ideal location for the more important parts of your picture. So, you can give the subject more emphasis than if it was right smack in the middle of the picture. Besides, this is a good technique if have more than one important subject and help to determine how much horizon you want.

Framing
Framing is the tactic of using natural surroundings to add more meaning to your subject such as bushes, trees, a window, or even a doorway.

Leading Lines

Leading lines are used to lure the eye deeper into a picture or to an important subject. It can be straight, curved, parallel, or diagonal lines. The good examples are the roads, rivers, streams, bridges, branches, or fences which there are endless things that could be used.

Horizontal LinesHorizontal lines is something about a horizontal line in an image that convey a message of ‘stability’ and ‘rest’ such as fallen trees, oceans, sleeping people and so on.





Vertical Lines
Vertical lines can create a variety of different moods in a photograph ranging from power and strength to growth.





Symmetry and Patterns

Symmetry and patterns can be natural and man-made which they can make for very eye-catching compositions, particularly in situations where they are not expected. Thus, it bring a sense of visual rhythm and harmony to photographs that like a series of repeating notes in a melody and also capture the imagination of it. Furthermore, a pattern can appear whenever a strong element of lines, colours, shapes or forms of repeat themselves.

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Depth of Field

Depth of field is the amount of distance between the nearest and the farthest objects that appear in acceptably sharp focus in a photography. It varies depending on camera type, aperture and focusing distance. Everything immediately in front of or in back of the focusing distance begins to lose sharpness, even if this is not perceived by our eyes or by the resolution of the camera.