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 T raining Plan  Basic Photographic Skills  Ali Awais 094532039 M Muzzamil Mughal 094532-052 M Saqib Latif 094532-105 Sohail Anwar 094432-059 This Document contains the data regarding “Basic Photographic Skills” Training Plan which includes Training Need Analysis, Training Objectives, Trainees’ Abilities and Motivation and Training Methodology.

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Training Plan Basic Photographic Skills

Ali Awais094532039

M Muzzamil Mughal094532-052

M Saqib Latif 094532-105

Sohail Anwar094432-059

This Document contains the data regarding “Basic Photographic Skills” Training Plan which includesTraining Need Analysis, Training Objectives, Trainees’ Abilities a nd Motivation and TrainingMethodology.

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ContentsTraining Need Analysis .................................................................................................................................. 3

Training Objective ......................................................................................................................................... 3

Trainees’ Abilities and Motivation ................................................................................................................ 4

Training Methodology ................................................................................................................................... 5

1. Content ............................................................................................................................................. 5

Photo Composition ............................................................................................................................... 5

Lighting .................................................................................................................................................. 8

Subjects and Styles ................................................................................................................................ 9Post Processing ................................................................................................................................... 11

Some Advance Stuff for DSLR Users ................................................................................................... 12

2- Instruction Methods ........................................................................................................................... 12

3- Program Duration ............................................................................................................................... 13

4- Trainer’s Qualification ......................................................................................................................... 14

5- Support Resources .............................................................................................................................. 14

6- Training Location & Environment ....................................................................................................... 14

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Training PlanBasic Photographic Skills

Training Need Analysis

Before choosing the topic for training we analyzed our trainees and as they are all of business studies

background so we presumed that most of them doesn’t know much about the basic photography

techniques and rules. So this provided us an opportunity to share our knowledge of photography with

them and nourish their hidden skill of capturing moments in their cameras.

Training Objective

As all of us now have the mobile phones and other devices which holds a good camera within, so having

said that the objective of this training is to deliver the basic knowledge of photography to the trainees so

that they can capture photographs which attract others’ attention. This training also expects the

trainees to be able to differentiate between good and bad photographs so that they can choose better

photographer on this basis for any of their photographic requirements i.e. weddings, corporate photo

shoots and personal photo shoots.

After attending this training, trainees would have understanding of

o Composition of a Photographs

o Lighting of a Photographs

o Subjects and Styleso Post Processing of Photographs

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Trainees’ Abilities and Motivation

For this specific training, trainees must have the ability of watching and they must have their hands

working normally because these are very basic and necessary abilities to do photography. They must

have the cameras to capture things and they must have some experience of capturing photos.

Now days, technology has given everyone an easy access to capturing and preserving their precious

moments and share them with their relatives and friends. Everyone wants to have that skill to capture

the moments perfectly and efficiently so that they can cherish those moments later on in their lives.

Social media is ruling most of the people’s life and surely our trainees too, they all need to capture thephotos in routine life in order to share them on social media either for personal purposes or business

purpose. This will give the trainees a motivation to seek more about photographing perfectly.

As our trainees would be of business studies background, they will be needing photography services for

their businesses or employers and few of them may be consider photography as a profession as it earns

you handsome money if you work with devotion. Having photography skill on hand will also help the

trainees to save handsome amount of money by doing it themselves on different events and even in

their businesses.

Through this training we would help them understanding the difference between a good photograph

and a bad one so that they can hire good photographers in future for different life events either they are

personal or corporate.

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Training Methodology

1. Content

Photo CompositionGood Composition is a key element of good photographs yet is something that is hard to define.

It is something which makes a photograph appealing and watchable. Following are the

components and rules of photo composition.

o The Rule of Thirds

Perhaps the most well known principle of photography composition is rule of thirds. The “Rule

of Thirds” one of the first things that budding digital photographers learn about in classes on

photography and rightly so as it is the basis for well balanced and interesting shots. In my point

of view, ignoring this rule will surely make your photographs necessarily unbalanced and

uninteresting.

The basic principle behind rule of thirds is to break up the photograph down into thirds (both

horizontally and vertically) so that you have 9 parts. As follows

The theory is that if you put point of interest in the intersections or along the lines then your

photo becomes more balanced and will enable a viewer of the image to interact with it more

naturally. Studies have shown that while viewing images people’s eyes usually go to one of the

intersection points most naturally rather than the center of the shot – using the rule of thirds

works with this natural way of viewing an image rather than working against it.

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o Diagonal RuleOne side of the picture is divided into two, and then each half is divided into three parts. The

adjacent side is divided so that the lines connecting the resulting points form a diagonal frame.

According to the Diagonal Rule, important elements of the picture should be placed along these

diagonals.

o Rule of OddsThe rule of odds states that images are more visually appealing when subjects are in odd

numbers . For example, if you are going to place more than one person in a photograph, don’t

use two, use 3 or 5 or 7, etc. Studies have shown that people are actually more at ease and

comfort when viewing imagery with an odd number of subjects.

o LinesLines guide the viewer’s eye from one point to another through the photo. Look for lines that

lead towards your main subject. Avoid lines that lead the viewer’s eye out of the photo.

Remember, lines can be curved as well as straight.

o ShapesOnce you’ve understood the role in which line has to play within the composition of your image,

you’ll be able to begin to appreciate the influence of shape as well. Try to detach yourself from

looking through your viewfinder at subject matter and consider the shapes of each of the

elements in the frame. It’s important to understand how the shapes interact with one another.

Strong shapes such as triangles and squares will be much easier to frame than softer circular

shapes, but by appreciating how each element is formed, you’ll be able to powerfully portray

the shapes and their correlation as subject matter.

o FramingFraming a subject effectively is the basis of strong composition. The natural inclination is to put

the main focal point dead centre of the frame but that can often look odd and out of context.

Try offsetting the focal point either to one side or in a corner of the image to see if you can

create some context for the image.

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o Negative Space It’s important to consider the negative space within an image. When working with smaller

objects, the tendency is to try and fit the whole of the focal point into the shot. In actual fact,

the composition of a macro subject is far more dramatic if you either fill the frame with the

subject, getting right up close, or you employ some negative space around the image to let itbreath and sit within the space around it. Try experimenting with something simple like a sea

shell or a watch to see how you can vary the composition, rather than just shooting it, try

getting up close or giving it some space.

o Symmetry & Pattern

The effective exploitation of symmetry and pattern can make for an extremely powerful shot,

particularly when working with subjects such as architecture. Take time to observe the subject

and recognize patterns (using the shapes and lines). Find the midpoint and be careful to set upthe camera so it is square to the subject. Avoid external distractions that spoil the symmetry or

pattern so you maximize the effect.

o POV (Point of View)

Before photographing your subject, take time to think about where you will shoot it from. Our

view point has a massive impact on the composition of our photo, and as a result it can greatly

affect the message that the shot conveys. Rather than just shooting from eye level, consider

photographing from high above, down at ground level, from the side, from the back, from a long

way away, from very close up, and so on.

o Backgrounds

The human eye is excellent at distinguishing between different elements in a scene, whereas a

camera has a tendency to flatten the foreground and background, and this can often ruin an

otherwise great photo. Thankfully this problem is usually easy to overcome at the time of

shooting - look around for a plain and unobtrusive background and compose your shot so that it

doesn't distract or detract from the subject.

o Cropping

Often a photo will lack impact because the main subject is so small it becomes lost among the

clutter of its surroundings. By cropping tight around the subject you eliminate the background

"noise", ensuring the subject gets the viewer's undivided attention.

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LightingLight is the most important part of every photo we take, it's what creates everything that we see and

affects how it appears. There is a saying that “Photography is nothing but light”. Understanding a little

bit about it can really help to improve the quality of our photos and videos.

o Direction of light

Before capturing the photographs we must first examine the direction of the light, in case of

portraits we can easily handle the direction of light by moving the subject from one place to

another. It is better not to take photographs with bright light in background unless it is intended

to take some creative shots. Light preferably be indirect because it saves the subject from

unwanted shadows but in case of still life we can capture photographs in morning and in

evening when the sun is not that bright and light doesn’t ruin your subjects.

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Subjects and Styles

o PeopleEven if it is only to take pictures of family and friends, portraiture is one photographic subject

that every camera owner tries to tackle at some point. Whether it is with a camera phone or a

top-line SLR, a portrait does not just capture a moment of time- it can capture something of the

person’s personality and tell you about their way of life.

There are many different styles of portraits. Pictures can be carefully planned and posed-or you

can take a candid approach by waiting for the right moment to fire the shutter unannounced.

The picture can be composed to show the person alone or you can give extra clues about their

life by revealing what they are doing, and their surroundings.

While capturing the portraits the eyes of the subject should be placed on the upper third

portion of the picture following the line of rule of thirds. This makes the portrait appealing to

normal human eye.

The following image displays the dos and don’ts of the portrait photography. While composing

or cropping in post process, you should not crop the portrait on the red lines mentioned in the

given image.

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o Still Life

Shooting still life subjects is probably one of the best ways of learning photography. By capturing

the things that do not move, you can get variety of photographs. You can experiment with them

by making certain arrangements of light and angles. You can take lots of photographs of same

subject by changing angles and light settings, as digital cameras have made it so easy to watch

the photograph right away.

o Architecture

Man-made structures and buildings can provide unique challenges- simply because you have far

less control over the picture than you do with other subjects. You can’t move them into position

and you are forced to make do with the existing light. The diagonal rule and rule of symmetry,

patterns and shape works best in architecture photography. Photographing buildings requires

wide angle lenses but you can capture panorama if you don’t have wide angle lens or DSLR

camera- panorama can be made by capturing 2 plus photographs of same subject by moving the

camera in same direction- it can be vertical or horizontal.

o Landscape

You may not be able to move mountains, but it is wrong to think of landscapes as being static

photographic subjects. Much of their appeal comes from the fact that the scenery around us is

constantly changing- from moment to moment and from season to season.

In landscape photography you can place the point of interest whether it is the surface of earth

or the sky- on three forth of the photograph. You can also apply the rule of thirds and diagonal

rule in landscape photography.

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Post Processing

Camera helps us capturing the moment as we want but it doesn’t give us with finished photograph.

Every camera produces a raw photograph which needs to be processed in computer through different

software.

o Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop is one of the best software not only for photograph post processing but also

for graphic designing, digital painting, photo manipulation and for many more artistic purposes.

Following are some of the options we can use to make our photographs look different and

beautiful.

Black & White Photographs

Some photographs look graceful in black & white mode. Photoshop helps us converting

the photographs to black & white from colors.

Sepia

Other than black & white there are more tones of the photograph one of them is sepia-

Photoshop gives us an option to change the tone of any photograph.

Saturation and hue

Sometimes camera doesn’t give us photograph rich with color s, so we need to give real

colors of our choice by changing the saturation and hue of the photograph in adobe

Photoshop.

Image Resizing

Now days social media is playing important role in our lives, we all need to upload

photos on social media and for that we can resize our photographs by using Photoshop.

Red Eye Reduction

Photographs captured with mobiles and point n shoot cameras sometime cause red eye,

it can be removed by using red-eye reduction tool in Photoshop.

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Some Advance Stuff for DSLR Users

Exposure Triangle

Long Exposures

Panning

Light Painting

Shape Bokeh

Levitation

Panorama

Exaggerated Angles

Zoom Panning

Forced Perspectives

Star Trail

Tilt Shift

Fish Eye

2- Instruction Methods

As this training will be enhancing the skills of the trainees, so we will use lecture method supported with

visual and practical demonstrations. Some time will be given to trainees to practically implement the

knowledge delivered during the training session so that they can absorb the told information about

photography.

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3- Program Duration

Whole training would be consisting of 35 minutes following with the 5 minutes of trainees’ immediate

feedback. The training time schedule is as follows

1- Introduction and display of trainers photography work/ achievements – 5 Minutes Group Introduction - 1 Minute

Trainer’s Introduction – 1 Minute

Trainer’s work display – 3 Minutes

2- Photo Composition – 10 Minutes

Rule of thirds – 2 Minutes

Diagonal Rule – 1 Minute

Rule of Odds – 1 Minute

Rule of Lines – 1 Minute

Shapes – 30 Seconds

Framing – 1 Minute

Negative Space – 1 Minute

Symmetry & Patterns – 30 Seconds

POV (Point of Interest) – 1 Minute

Background – 30 Seconds

Cropping – 30 Seconds

3- Lighting – 5 Minutes

4- Subjects & Styles – 5 Minutes

5- Post Processing – 7 Minutes

6- Advance Stuff for DSLR Users – 3 Minutes

7- Questions & Feed Back – 5 Minutes

Total – 40 Minutes

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4- Trainer’s Qualification Trainer would be Ali Awais; he is a hobbyist photographer and currently running a Design + Photographystudio and working as lead photographer there. He has been into professional photography for almost 1year and has won 1 photography contest conducted by London based studio on face book and one of hisphotograph was displayed in 2 nd national photography exhibition 2013, held at Al-Hamra Art Gallery byPakistan Photographers Association. Total 82 photographers were selected out of 150+ applicants todisplay their work in that exhibition.

He has attended 2 one week photography workshops and also conducted one week photographyworkshop for beginners at his studio in January 2013.

5- Support ResourcesThe word photography has lots of knowledge hidden in it which requires a lot of time to be revealed, 35minutes would not be e nough to transfer maximum knowledge of photography that’s why we willprovide our trainees with 2 soft copies of books (“The Art of Digital Photography by John Hedgcoe ” and

“Fast Track to Photography by Meera Vankipuram & Gagan Gupta ”). These books will help thetrainees to seek more knowledge of advance photography even after the training.

As we have planned to give brief overview of photograph post processing, so we will providethe trainees with the copies of post processing software which includes “A dobe Photoshop CS5and Adobe Light Room” . These software would be helpful for enhancing picture quality.

We will also give those handouts consisting of basic photography rules and techniques. Thiswould help those who do not have professional camera.

6- Training Location & Environment Training location will be the class room allotted for HRD regular session and we would just change thesitting arrangement of the class else the environment would remain the same.

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REFERENCES

http://www.photographymad.com/pages/view/10-top-photography-composition-rules

http://photo.tutsplus.com/tutorials/composition/master-the-art-of-photographic-composition/

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/basic-light-tutorial-2011.html

http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/2012/04/12/10-rules-of-photo-composition-and-why-they-work/

http://www.photographymad.com/pages/view/10-top-photography-composition-rules

http://digital-photography-school.com/rule-of-thirds

http://www.colorpilot.com/comp_rules.html

http://www.ephotozine.com/article/12-top-photography-composition-rules-17158

Book-The Art of Digital Photography by John Hedgecoe

Book-Digital Photography by Rob Shephard