TME week 6-7 Flashcards
The moment before sunrise and after sunset that the sun partly illuminates the world, leaving neither fully dark nor complete light.
Twilight
has a field vision that is considerably larger than the human eyes. It has larger field of view than a standard lens and has focal range of anywhere between f/2.8 and f/5.6
Wide Angle Lens
Is the area of the picture that is nearest to the camera. In an illustration, the foreground space can be used to attract focus to a subject deeper into the picture, such as leading lines or it can be used to frame the subject.
Foreground
Is seen as being yellow, orange, and red-tones that are associated with warmth.
Warm
Is seen as being predominantly blue
Cool
Is most often done in daytime, at a distance of natural features of land, sky, and water though some landscapes can have subjects in a dramatic setting nearby, including close-up, even at night.
Landscape Photography
Is about using backgrounds, lighting and framing to capture a person’s essence, appearance, identification and mood.
Portrait Photography
a huge category. In city coverages, it would include skylines and street scenes. This category can also include aerial views, whenever possible.
Geography
Is another critical category. This includes shots of local people living their lives as well as visitors and tourists enjoying and interacting with the location.
People
Is is important but often overlooked. Also seek out performing arts or people interacting with culture, like museum goers interacting with what the museum has to offer.
Culture
Are great time for photographer to get some photos that emphasizes a place’s uniqueness and serendipity.
Festivals and Special events
It is a tough category. How do you make day-today life on a city’s streets interesting? It takes a little work and high degree of curiosity.
Everyday life
Are very important aspects of life in many parts of the world and certainly some of these activities can be photogenic. Even if you find the rules of a sport incomprehensible, what the locals do to relax and recreate is an important part of the story of any society.
Sports and recreation
In certain areas_______ plays a big part of visitors and locals experience of the place. If you have identified your location as one of those places you’d better get good animal coverage. Do not forget that urban areas have animals too—takes zoos for example.
Wildlife
Is becoming more and more of an important part of travel photography. Options for shooting food include finished plates of foods as well as the preparation of it. Drinks are on option as well.
Food
Is a favorite activity for many travelers. Whether it is an ancient souk in Marrakech or ultra-modern mall in Japan, there are some interesting shots to be made of this favorite travel activity.
Shopping
Many Travel magazines and websites devote a lot of effort to showing people what their hotels look like. Those media outlets have an ongoing need for photos of lodging.
Lodging
Plays an important part in the personality of many places, especially in cities and resort areas.
Nightlife
Sometimes a location’s natural resources might be worthy of a few shots. For instance, the fishing industry is very important in Iceland. The activity of unloading the boats is interesting and the fishermen themselves can make for some nice portraits.
Natural resources
Photographers can try to capture some sense of the history of an area. This can be done through taking photos of historic architecture or monuments, living history reenactments, or commemorative ceremonies that celebrate historic events.
History
This is a catchall category for those cultural peccadillos that are hard to explain but can make for some interesting photographs. Take, for example, New York City’s Naked Cowboy.
Oddities, funkiness, and serendipity
TIPS ON SMARTPHONES
- Pick the right subject matter
- Keep your subjects simple
- Avoid using flash and look for good light in general
- Find one or two good camera apps and learn to use them
- When you need more capabilities, then use a different camera rather than grafting a bunch of extra features on your smartphone
