it’s a bird… it’s a plane… A SUPER A SUPER PHOTOGRAPHER PHOTOGRAPHER A SUPER A SUPER PHOTOGRAPHER PHOTOGRAPHER it’s…

And so the story begins… In the fun & friendly town of FOTOVILLE. A group of yearbook students strived to take unique & fabulous pictures!

Yearbook journalists… were taking literally hundreds & thousands of great photos for their student publications… ACTION REACTION PERSONALITY

But as time passed… with each photo they took the quality slowly became more mundane with less storytelling of the Fotovillians & friends…

Unbeknownist… to these fine Fotovillian photographers, Lazy Larry and his other lazy friends had also settled into town. Their bad habits & lackluster ways were soon the norm of all middle school publication photographs… NO FOCUS BORINGBORING

Now, in almost every situation & circumstance, mediocrity had taken over & this became the norm for the once fabulous Fotovillian photographers…

one dreadfully dreary day, someone spoke up from the student body. “Enough is enough! Your images have just got to be more powerful than a locomotive…” Finally,

for the perfect angle on any photograph, you should be willing to leap tall buildings in a single bound… And,

you have to empower your X-ray vision as a photographer so you can anticipate the subject’s every move… Not to mention,

Basically, You need To be a: SUPERPHOTOGRAPHER You need To be a: SUPERPHOTOGRAPHER

And so the story goes… The students in Fotoville devoted themselves to bring back the fabulous Fotoville photography & they did so by…

More Powerful than a Locomotive Using compositional elements will help create a most powerful photo… - Dramatic Close Up - Framing - Leading Lines - Repetition - Rule of Thirds Photo Techniques:

CVI - Dramatic Close-ups

Dramatic Close-up

Dramatic Close-up

Framing

Leading Lines

Repetition

Rule of Thirds

Rule of Thirds

Able to LEAP tall buildings LEAP into a new position: Willing & able to move around - blend in/become one - “shoot around the clock” - shoot before, during & after - “worm’s eye view” - “bird’s eye view”

Before, During & After

Worm’s Eye View

Bird’s Eye View

Have X-ray VISION Well, not exactly but close… use your VISION for advantages - anticipate the subject’s every move - know the event - single shots vs multiple player shots - peak of action - “extreme crop”

Peak of Action

Extreme Crop

YOUneed to be a: SUPER PHOTOGRAPHER PHOTOGRAPHERSUPER Think outside the box! Prepare for your shot!