Camera Framings

Camera Framings

Camera framings are very important when wanting to make a photo look professional. To make my magazine look professional I will have to have professional photos. Here are examples of all the different shots and also explanations to why they would be used; 

Extreme Close Up (ECU)

Extreme close ups are one of the best angels because when close up you can see more features and you can see more emotion in the photograph and understand it more. Everything will also be in more detail. For example, from far away you wouldn't be able to see a teardrop but closer up you would be able to. ECU's are usually concentrated on one specific part because the shot is so tight. For example, you would only see a photo of someone's eye's instead of their full face.

Close up (CU)

 

In a close up shot a certain feature always takes up the whole image. If there was a photo of a person than the close up shot would usually be a close up of their face and the background would be blurry or unclear as most of the attention is on the face. CU's are very useful because they allow others to see the emotion in someones face, when others see these photos they are able to see how the person in the photo is feeling and can try to understand them. 

Medium Close Up (MCU)

Medium close up photos always contain a figure where you can see all the detail from their chest upwards. These shots are very useful as they allow people to see some detail but not all and they will also be able to see things in the background. MCU's are used a lot on magazines as they look professional and don't always show too much detail. When a medium close up contains two people it is called a 'Two Shot' and when it contains three people it is called a 'Three Shot'. Usually if there are anymore than three people then the shot tends to become a long shot as you can't always get a lot of people together that all fit on the camera.

Long Shot (LS)

Long shot's mainly show the whole of a human body or an object. This shot shows an approximate 'life' size of  person for an audience, although the image clearly isn't life size it gives the audience an idea of their size. This shot is also very similar to a 'Full Shot' which is when a humans head is at the rear top of the image and their feet are at the bottom of the image. I would say the image I have taken is more like a full shot but it is very similar to a long shot as you are able to see my whole body. 



High Angle

 

High angle shots are when the camera is above the person or object and the photo being taken is showing a general overview. These shots are very useful as they make things in a photograph seem smaller and also show the background more so you are able to see more of what is around the subject. The person or object in this kind of photo is 'swallowed up' by their settings because they become part of a wider picture.

Low Angle

Low angle shots are when the camera is just below the person or object and it is being taken looking upwards. These angles are very useful for making short people look taller. For example, if a photo needed to be taken for a magazine but the person was very small they would look taller if there shot was taker from a low angle.

Two Shot

A two shot is when two people are in a photo, they don't necessarily have to be stood next to each other but they both have to be in the same shot together. There are even two shots where there is a person in the foreground and another in the background. This shot is useful because it lets people have more than one thing to look at and it makes the image look more interesting.

Image Framed To The Left

This shot is when the person or the object is to the left of the photo. This is useful because if you wanted to edit a photo for a magazine something could be photo shopped into the photo and put onto the right hand side of the photo.  

Image Framed To The Right

This shot is when the person or object is to the right side of the photo. It is again very similar to when the image is on the left hand side because again if someone wanted to edit it for a magazine they could photo shop it and add something onto the left hand side of the image.

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In this shot the person or object is in the middle (centre) of the photo. These shots are useful because the subject is in the middle of the image and the whole of the subject is being shown which could express that the person or object is important. These kind of shots are good for magazines as they show that the whole image is about that one person and no one or anything else.