I doubt these will get much attention but this was going to be a place to write out my personal monologues.
Some of my topics might be a bit much for certain people so at the beginning of some of the more "intense" monologues, I will put a trigger...
The way I take pictures may be different then how others would do it. So I honestly can't be sure it'll work the same way.
What I do is I survey the area around me to see what's there. I tend to take a lot of pictures of random things and go back later to review. The best way I've seen to take pictures is simply know yourself how you want it to look.
From what I've learned, not all pictures have to be straight photography. You can go in and edit them as well. That doesn't change the fact that it's a photo.
Another tip I have is when taking a picture outside, always have the sun to your back unless you want to get the sun and glare in the picture (which is totally fine too!)
As for cameras, it actually doesn't really matter what kind you have. A simple digital could be enough. I personally have a Nikon Coolpix L810 and even though it's not the best on the market, it still works perfectly for me.
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The truth behind it is, as long as you know how your camera works and how to use it, you should be fine.
Now my camera has a button the pulls up a menu with a bunch of different settings that alter my lens to fit what ever I need.
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For instance, I have different settings for portraits, landscapes, night, day, close ups, sports, pets, and many others. There's even one specifically for food.
These settings are similar to changing the filter in a sense.
Now for something most people don't realize is important. Setting up your scene. Not all photos you see were just taken by chance or just click and done. Photographers set up their scenes to fit the needs of the photo.
Setting up a scene can be quite simple if you know what you want. This could mean changing the lighting, switching backgrounds, adding or removing unwanted props in he frame, fixing your model, changing angles, or anything else to make the photo however you want it to look.
One of my own experiences was when I was taking a photo of my friend for a class project. The assignment was to take a photo that portrays a human emotion in a very obvious way. So, I had my friend portray anxiety. We found a nice spot in my basement and scattered our AP psychology cards (that caused us WAYYYY too much stress) around her. She sat in the middle of the cards and tried different poses. We tried using my flash to see what happened, we shut off all the lights, used a black and white filter. We did everything to make the scene perfect. I wasn't getting to results I wanted so I got a small flash light and held it over her as a faded spotlight. Now we had no one else there with us so I was holding my camera in one hand while the other held the flashlight to the ceiling. It was extremely uncomfortable but I got the shot wanted.
