fandomhigh | Photography; Thursday, First Period [01/27].

"Hey, guys," said Prompto, greeting the class with a grin. "So...last week apparently went...way better than it could have, all things considered, and hopefully you got a lot of really great chocobo pictures out of it. I know I sure did! But now we're going to get back into all that technical stuff and talk about different kinds of shots, with plenty of examples and then....you guys probably guessed it...homework to take photos for next time showing off all these different kinds of shots. And I have a feeling," his grin grew, "some of you guys are going to get some really interesting stuff.

"So, without further ado, let's just get right into it, and if anyone's interested in moving into film, these types of shots can be pretty useful in that, too. You've got three basic ones: close-up, medium, and long, and within those, you've also got your extreme close-up and extreme long shots. Those are generally going to refer to the distance at which the picture is being taken. And then you've got your angle to consider, and with that, we're going to go over five basic ones: high angle, low angle, over the shoulder, bird's eye, and the Dutch angle or tilt. For the most part, the names are pretty self-explanatory, but let's get into some examples and the details so you can really start getting an idea of what makes them different from each other."

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Close up? Long shot? Bird's eye view?

Kurt Wagner - Action Shot!

Alara Kitan - Close Up

Tahani al-Jamil - Close up, ALWAYS

If there's one thing Prompto will always have plenty of, it's photographic examples! And he's put together basically a slide-show of pictures to show off the various different types of shots mentioned, and you know he's going to take the time to break down how the examples fit the type of shot, things to consider when taking a shot like that, and, on occasion, also referring back to previous lectures by pointing out when a picture is a good example of Rule of Thirds as well.

And since there's definitely a little bit of time left after the lecture, there's time to try and practice the different types of shots here in the classroom, where you can ask questions or run the pictures by Prompto if you're unsure about the specifications. And to make things a little more interesting, he'd brought in a 3D model city if they wanted to practice some of the trickier angles on a smaller scale. And just because he'd gone through the trouble of actually finding one, so it would be a shame not to use it!

Kurt was definitely enjoying the class and was soon intently focused on getting as many interesting angle shots as he could. This might have included finding a conveniently located support beam above the 3D model city set up that he could hang from. So wrapping his tail around the beam, Kurt dropped down and hung over the model and started taking some shots that way as well.

Edited 2022-01-27 14:38 (UTC)

On the one hand, they were not in the danger shop and students dangling from the ceiling definitely took the risk factor that was supposed to be completely absent in a class about photography up to a ten....

But, on the other hand...

...that was also kind of cool and those would be some wicked bird's eye shots. And it's not like he wasn't used to people teleporting to precarious locations and trying his best to not be jealous about.

So Prompto may have started to open his mouth to say something to Kurt about this, but then he stopped, reconsidered, and just decided to say, "Dude, just be careful, okay? A class about taking pictures should not be the one to land someone in the clinic, and I'd like to keep it that way."

There. Responsible teacher duties done, but also, yeah, hi, please no falling on his watch, Kurt, thanks.

Edited 2022-01-27 14:43 (UTC)

Alara was finding it a bit difficult trying to get the different shots …because there were definitely quite a few extra ground shots that got included in her photos but at least they were still examples of the different shots they had to try and take right?

Just ignore the fact that most of them ended up being of the ground.

Prompto's definitely there if you need him!

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