We had an introduction lesson on still cameras. In this lesson we learnt the basics and the rules of composition about taking pictures. We were taught that we should imagine that when we are taking the picture, that it has a frame. Inside that frame is the rule of thirds, which is the frame split into nine boxes. These boxes have ‘Hot Spots’. The picture to the right is an example of the 'Rule of Thirds' with the 'Hot Spots'. The rule of the Hot Spots is that they lead your eyes to what you want them to see first and last. For example, the top left red dot is the 1st hot spot, the next top right dot is the 2nd hot spot. The bottom left one is 3rd and the bottom right one is 4th. So in this picture, the Sheep's head is most important because it is in the 1st hot spot.
After we learnt the basics and rules of picture taking, we were sent out to take our own pictures taking in what we had just learnt.
To the left is a picture I took when we were sent out. Using the Hot spots, you can tell the car is the most important thing in the picture and Katrina on the floor is the 2nd most important thing in the picture.
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