Control Your Shutter Speed to Produce Different Effects

Shutter speed or so it’s wrongly called is actually the span for which your camera’s shutter remains open and gives access to light. The speed nonetheless is invariable. Controlling this particular feature of your DSLR lone can give you drastically different and dramatic results in your snapshots. Such nuances and many more are at the core of professional photography. So, if you aspire to pursue this art as a career it is indeed advisable to polish off such basic aspects.

Here are a few tips from professionals at photography institute to help you grow.

Freezing the Moment

The exact moment when the sweat drop was about to drip from Ronaldo's forehead, the fraction of a second when the soccer ball barely missed the goalpost and many more similar split seconds can be of incredible importance to you and your viewers. You witness such scenes through your naked eye in reality, but the continuous motion creates a haze in the moment of importance. A slow motion clip or a still of such moments is compelling because they capture that split second and bring to clarity what you must have missed due to the restraints of human eye. For capturing such shots, you need to tune up your ISO to a good level and employ high zoom lenses, says a teacher at a photography course from AAFT.

Abstract Blur

When you leave your camera shutter open for long enough the lens is exposed to light for longer, and your hand moves unintentionally. This creates a blur in the image, a slight shakiness that will rub off the definition of boundaries and edges. This blur can either be intentional or unintentional. When this effect is used creatively it can give soft edges to abstract shots. A leaf falling down from trees in autumn or anywhere you want the general picture to be the focus rather than a particular subject. Just go on to lower the ISO and a little practice and you can perfect such shots.

Tips to Help Little Actors Get Into the Character

Acting is more than just knowing your work, knowing your lines, rather. It is embracing the character as a whole. Nothing can feel more riveting for an actor, and nothing can be more overwhelming than when the director yells for the first time—‘Action’. A gush of anxiety and happiness would be an understatement. An under-feeling, if that even exists, says a student of one of the best acting schools in India.

Quite obviously, an actor can’t simply begin a scene emotionally empty. Have a look at the tips to help you get into the state of mind!

• One story, One Line: Make up a story one line at a time. Pick up any random theme and build yourself around it. One, or maybe a few more lines at a time. Don’t write a verse, don’t do a thesis. Practise it with a friend or a sibling. Clear the mind of all distractions and anxieties and see how it works for you, says a trainer of a film school.

• Play Cards: Yes, Yes! Play cards. Or simply put up alone. Do anything that helps you gather yourself around the character. Young actors often draw on the mood around them and draw their narratives from their own life experiences. Engage yourself in something funny or social so as to ease out on the affair. Breathe, take it easy. Just easy enough for you to not freak out, though!

Young actors find it particularly hard to chalk out strategies and perform in their periphery. Experienced actors know better of all the rituals and ways to sail through the same, though. Kids, well, they may have their advantages and disadvantages of being kids. While kids know how to play around with their natural strengths, they sometimes falter in areas they know nothing of. But one must always remember to play around their natural strength.

Career in Modelling and Acting

There are certain job profiles that conjure vivid images of glitz and glamour. Professionals associated with these profiles are constantly thriving under the proverbial limelight. It doesn’t take more than an obvious hunch to figure out that the career option being talked about is that of acting and modelling.

Bollywood is considered as the Mecca of the Indian Film Industry. Many aspiring actors wish to kick start their career by getting a break on the TV channels. With the advent of mega serials, reality shows and game shows, the TV industry is proliferating at an unprecedented pace, says a student of an Acting School in Delhi. It brings about a lot many opportunities for the aspiring actors and models to showcase their talent. You may also become a stage artist for which you’ll need to have an academic stint at some Drama School. There are various other institutes offering a similar course in the same, too.

But acting is not all that there is to the glam industry. An unforeseen boom in the ad and fashion industry has pepped up the demand for fresh models. It is not uncommon to see a fresh face every time you see a new advertisement on television or in the newspaper. Modelling is one field that has grabbed the attention of many youngsters. Once a model establishes himself in the media, he can get a handsome pay for even a short assignment that he does. There is no absolutely no dearth of opportunities that make modelling a desirable, attractive and a lucrative career for the youth.

To give your acting/modelling career a kick-start, the best way is to take up an acting course- both short term and long term courses available in some of the best film schools in India. For modelling in particular, however, there are a very few training schools that will help you spruce up with that model-y confidence and elegance.