Though writing is probably the type of art most often associated with Tapestry, photos are a big part of the magazine. For anyone looking to take better photos or use their camera to its full extent, I've compiled a list of tips, tricks, and terms for a burgeoning photographer.
Terms:
- Aperture
- This measures how large the opening in the lens that lights in is
- The smaller the aperture, the greater the light
- measured in "f-stops" (ex. ƒ/1.8)
- Shutter Speed
- Simply, how fast the shutter opens, lets in light, and closes again
- Typically, you'll want the shutter speed to be higher (to eliminate blurring), but you can achieve very cool effects with slow shutter speeds and a very stable camera
- ISO
- A "relic" from the era in which film was dominant, it is simply a measure of how sensitive the film is to light
- The higher the ISO, the brighter the image (though the image gets grainier as the ISO goes up)
Tricks:
"Rule of Thirds" -
- Divide your mental image into a 3x3 grid using 4 lines, and make each element of the grid the same size
- You will now see that there are 4 points at which the lines intersect. The Rule of Thirds states that you want whatever you consider the subject of your picture (Say a flower, a person's head, etc) to be centered on one of those points.
**NOTE**
This is not a rule that must be followed all the time! There are plenty of situations in which you can break the rule for artistic reasons, such as when there is perfect symmetry in the image.
Tips:
- TAKE PICTURES! (i.e., practice practice practice!) Your yard, a park, your street, anywhere is place to shoot. This is possibly the best way to get better and develop your "photographer's eye".
- Look at pictures others have taken-see what you like, see what they did to make their image look like it does.
- TAKE MORE PICTURES!
Thanks for reading, and I hope this helps you!
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