Photography Demonstration Tutorial: 22/10/13

Today I attended a demonstration session which taught me how to take the best pictures and what not to do. The session began with teachers explaining where we can take the pictures which is the Art building, but before we can go to the photo studio we were told that we have to confirm with the technicians and our media teachers to when we are booking the room. There are also rules we have to follow the main one is that no food is allowed which is obvious to know. Moving on we were told on how to take the photos and what you shouldn’t do. The teachers and also some former students gave us some advise; the mise-en-scene has to be appropriate, you have to have a minimum of four pictures and you must have high quality pictures preferably SLR cameras are the best to use which are available at college. The former AS students also gave us some considerations on what to do. The lighting must be good and visible because having a really dark background would affect the final image however if you decide to use a dark and abnormal lighting there must be a connotation behind it such as relating to the genre. Mise-en-Scene is important too and that is about the clothing, background and pose. They said it has to be different and effort needs to be put in these images however I’ve decided to go for a casual look and everyday clothing for my ‘models’ this is because it relates to my magazine and genre and I explained this in my pitch. The quality of image was mentioned vastly in the demonstration, they showed us the good and the bad and it has motivated me to have the best quality image I can possibly have.