Camera Shots

1. An extreme close up is a photograph in which the subject is tightly framed and shown at a relatively large scale.

2. Head room is an area in-between a subject’s head and a frame’s top. It is important to make the headroom not too much or too little.

3. A high-angle shot is a technique where the camera looks down on the subject from a high angle and the point of focus often gets "swallowed up

4. A mid shot is a camera shot in which the subject is in the middle distance, permitting some of the background to be seen.

5. The rule of thirds is a guideline which applies to the process of making visual images. The guideline proposes that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two equally spaced horizontal lines and two equally spaced vertical lines, and that important elements should be placed along these lines or their intersections.

6. room to view is leaving space in the image for the subject for viewing

7. A close up is a photograph taken very close to an object or person

8. A long shot shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relation to its surroundings.

9. A low-angle shot is a shot from a camera angle positioned low anywhere below the eye line, looking up. Psychologically, the effect of the low-angle shot is that it makes the subject look strong and powerful.