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<\/a><\/p>\nIt starts with a checklist:<\/p>\n
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- Signed checkout form<\/li>\n
- Camera<\/li>\n
- Camera Bag<\/li>\n
- Main Battery fully charged\n
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- Secondary Battery fully charged<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Memory Card formatted and ready to go\n
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- Extra memory card<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Charger<\/li>\n
- AC adaptor (check this site before you leave to make sure you have the right\u00a0one: http:\/\/users.telenet.be\/worldstandards\/electricity.htm)<\/li>\n
- Cables: USB to connect to a PC (or Card Reader)<\/li>\n
- Cables: HDMI\/VGA to connect to a projector or TV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Then the photo tips:<\/p>\n
How<\/h2>\n
Avoid using the zoom:<\/strong> walk instead. The less zoom the more light\u00a0goes into the photo. This means sharper images, and less possibility of\u00a0shooting moved photos.
\nAvoid the flash:<\/strong> flash gets unpredictable results… unless you are a\u00a0professional; from unwanted shadows, to too bright or too dim photos,\u00a0red eyes, etc\u2026 Avoid using the flash. The camera will\/can use higher\u00a0ISO to compensate for the lack of light at the expense of bringing noise\u00a0to the photo, so try to have enough light for your shot by do not using\u00a0the zoom and choosing lighted spots.
\nUse the flash only if:<\/strong> when shooting a portrait with a lot of light behind\u00a0the subject and there is no way you can change perspective.
\nWatch the lighting:<\/strong> if you have a big window behind your subject most\u00a0likely in the photo you will only see the silhouette (unless you use the\u00a0flash, but we should try to avoid using the flash, remember?). Try
\nrecomposing.
\nPay attention to the background:<\/strong> often a light, tree or something\u00a0appears to be going out of your ear’s subject for instance. Recompose.
\nRule of thirds:<\/strong> imagine the frame decided in 9 parts. Try to avoid\u00a0taking photos with the subject placed in the centre, but a 1\/3 from it.
\nSame with the horizon, either on the top 1\/3 or the bottom 1\/3.
\nTry to be at the same hight than your subject:<\/strong> If he is sitting\u00a0reposition to his\/her same hight. Do not stand up while your subject is\u00a0seated.<\/p>\nWhat and Where<\/h2>\n
Take casual shots:<\/strong> casual shots are often better than those where the\u00a0audience is posing. Try to be unnoticed so the photos will look real,\u00a0natural and relaxed, telling the story of the moment. Be unobtrusive.
\nChange your point of view:<\/strong> alter your perspective. Take photos of the\u00a0audience. Talking heads are not interesting. Take the must haves and\u00a0have fun looking for new angles: take photos from the translation
\ncabins, even adding a front blurred element such as the translators.
\nTake photos from the side of the speaker, from the back with the\u00a0audience behind, shaking hands, moving hands, having coffee, having\u00a0a discussion with both subjects in the same frame, doing something\u00a0like opening a briefcase, etc..
\nTake unconventional shots:<\/strong> like the badges on the table, people\u00a0doing casual things. Take photos before and after the event.
\nDo close up<\/strong>s: concentrate on body parts instead of the whole body.\u00a0Be creative. Try to capture when parts of the face are obstructed with\u00a0hands or other objects. Try to fill the frame.
\nPhotograph people doing things:<\/strong> people with people. Frame photos\u00a0with foreground elements,
\nTake photos of the subjects\/themes of the topics:<\/strong> Try to go out of\u00a0the conference to see the reality of the subject and take photos in\u00a0hospitals, camps, manifestations…
\nTake photos of the **whatever your organization does**:<\/strong> and photos of details such as a\u00a0chair, a hand in a chair, a microphone, other close-ups.
\nLet your imagination fly and have fun!<\/p>\nWhen<\/h2>\n
Take photos during the breaks, before and after the conference.<\/strong>
\nTake a lot of photos<\/strong>: you can fit tons of photos in your memory card,\u00a0so don’t be afraid of shooting. From 100 photos at least 5% will be good,\u00a0so shoot sequences of more than one shot whenever is possible, in
\nparticular if shooting portraits.
\nKnow the agenda:<\/strong> so you can anticipate and take photos to the more\u00a0senior people and you don’t miss key topics or key people.
\nThe golden hour:<\/strong> most of the photos you will take will be probably in\u00a0conferences and meetings. In any case, the best lighting to take\u00a0portraits and in fact photos in general, is what it is gold the golden hour:
\n1 hour before sunset (and even 1 hour after sun rises).<\/p>\nRemember<\/h2>\n
Who is who:<\/strong> where did you take the photos and to whom. For this a\u00a0good tip is that if you take a photo of someone and immediately after\u00a0you take a photo of the badge or you ask for the visiting card or you\u00a0write down his\/her name in a piece of paper and take a photo, so one\u00a0follows the other: photo of the subject + photo of business card. Or\u00a0photo of a place + photo of banner\/note.
\nTake the camera always with you:<\/strong> the best photo opportunities are\u00a0when we don’t expect them in casual situations. If you forget it and you\u00a0have a smartphone or a phone with a camera with you do not hesitate
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