This fall I am teaching Comm 220 Basic Photography at Harding. I have a small class and I am really excited about the semester. Tomorrow I am lecturing on the very basics of how to take photos and no one teaches that better than Nick Kelsh. I found his book How To Photograph Your Baby when Jenna was a baby. Kelsh gives three basic rules for good photography.
1. GET CLOSER: especially physically closer don't just zoom in tight move closer.
2. TURN YOUR FLASH OFF: Let the natural light sculpt the image with highlights and shadows. Kelsh suggests window light or softly diffused directional light. I apologize to all my Strobist friends,but, Kelsh says no to flash.
3. SHOOT MORE PHOTOS: the more you shoot the better photos you get, work on a variety of photos including vertical, horozontal, wide shots, tight shots, and shots from different perspectives.
2 comments:
Have fun teaching your class! I'm sure you will. It's always fun to teach someone else about something you love and can do well.
Hi Jeff...Those are very good points. I tend to forget those in these days of the SUPER TELEPHOTO...I will try these suggestions next time I do a shoot. But not at a football game...I do not want to be in the face of a 6'5" 375lb lineman. :-)
I have you bookmarked now.
Thanks Jeff.
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