Photograph one desk scene in different ways: composition and exposure
Use a cup and notebook to practise a clear starting frame, space for text, a vertical view, and one camera setting at a time.
THE FIELD GUIDES / PRODUCTION NOTES
Photograph
Composition, people, and locations: make useful photographs in the field.
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FIELD GUIDE / 02
Photograph
Composition, people, and locations: make useful photographs in the field.
Before asking someone to pose: explain, agree, photograph, and deliver
Follow two fictional adults through an invitation they can decline, model releases, clear directions, and delivery of the agreed photographs.
Before a location shoot: check the place, clothing, and passageways
Read the destination’s rules, ask a useful question, agree on clothes and shoes, and arrive ready to make a first test photograph.
Check a location background: compare two frames and finish one photograph
Look at corners, people and reflections, change your position and timing, then choose a photograph to finish.