1. Sport photography
Using fast shutter speed and a tripod will bring you good results while filming sports/action.
2. Still Life
The key to good still life photo is a decent composition.
3. Landscape
It is important to follow basic composition rules, like golden ratio or rule of thirds when shooting landscapes.
4. Reportage Journalistic - documentary
For journalistic photography you should be able to spot and shoot things fast without disturbing anyone arround.
5. Macro
MAcrolenses are good for shooting subjects close to the camera and staying in focus.
6. Portaiture/figurative
7. Advertising/commercial – fashion
Good lighting and good retouching skills will be helpful when making commercial photos.
8. Fine art
Task 2 Write about different types of lenses
Kit Lenses – These days the lens that is offered as a package with the DSLR is generally called the ‘kit
lens’. It is generally an entry level quality zoom lens. They are usually a fairly general purpose lens
designed for everyday shooting. My personal preference is always to buy the DSLR as a body only
and to upgrade the lens from the kit lens as they are generally at a lower to medium end of the
spectrum of lenses.
Prime Lenses – A prime lens is a lens that has one focal length only. They are becoming
less popular in an age where photographers like to have the convenience of a range of focal
lengths at their finger tips (see zoom lenses) but they are definitely worth considering. Zoom
lenses are increasing in the quality that they offer but prime lenses are known (especially at
the top end) for their image quality and speed (faster aperture).
While many like the convenience of zoom lenses I actually enjoy the challenge of prime
lenses and find that they make me think about my photography a little more than when I have
a zoom attached (I get a little lazy).
Telephoto Zoom Lenses – Zoom lenses are the most popular
DSLR lenses at present and come in a range of configurations and
levels of quality. Obviously the benefit of zooms are that you do
not need to physically get closer to your subject to get a tighter
framing of the image. These lenses can have quite narrow ranges or
quite long ones.
Keep in mind that if you buy one with a long focal length (for
examples you can get them in lengths ranging up to 300mm or
longer) that the longer your focal length the more impact that
camera shake has on your images. More and more lenses these days are being released with
Image Stabilisation (IS) to combat camera shake.
Macro Lenses – these lenses are specifically designed for shooting objects up close. Many
lenses and cameras come with a ‘macro’ setting but true macro lenses will produce images
that are life size and that enable you to get in incredibly close from the subject you’re
shooting.
Wide Angle Lenses – As their name suggests, these lenses enable their users to take shots
with a very wide perspective. They are useful for landscapes and for getting in nice and close
to subjects still fitting a lot of them in.
Wide angle lenses come both as prime lenses but also are being found at the lower end of
telephoto zoom lenses increasingly. Be aware that very wide lenses will sometimes distort
your image a little (or a lot), especially at the edges of your photos where they can be quite
curved. This can be used to great effect but can also be quite frustrating at times.
At the extreme end of the ‘wide angle’ range are ‘fisheye lenses’ which purposely distort
your image in a curved way to get more into the shot. Again this is a style of photography
that many love but is an art to get right.
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