European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A it a a a Quot close up Quot shots show exciting or revealing details of people or things. This Type of shot is especially useful in describing exactly How an action is being fone. As in a close up of a Gold craftsman s fingers engraving a  Short telephoto Lens 85mm to 135mm on a 35mm camera that focuses close is useful for people pictures in the close up Range. This Type of Lens avoids distortions of shape that might occur when using Shorter focal length lenses such As wide Angle lenses telephoto also allows a comfortable working distance for both the photographer and subject. A telephoto with a Quot Macro Quot setting a special Macro Lens or a close up filter Are several tools that can provide efficient ways of shooting Sharp details of objects. It s important to include something for scale in a close up. With the Gold craftsman for instance the fingers provide a scale of reference while dramatizing the details of the Bracelet s design and the closeness of the View. Close ups of people can show the animation of their expressions the jines of character and the details of clothing. One caution on shooting people pictures a ask first. It s common Courtesy and might save you embarrassment or in some countries even a trip to jail. A in Eastern parts of Turkey for example moslem men Are extremely sensitive about another Man even looking at their wives daughters or mothers let alone taking photos of them. I forgot to mention mothers in Law in the previous sentence but just to be on the Safe Side ask before shooting them too video photographers have the advantage of being Able to get two or More types of shots in a seamless zoom from a wide Angle establishing shot All the Way Down to close up detail. By keeping a single object or person in two or More types of shots establishing medium or close up the video photographer can preserve Unity and continuity in the Story line even if the shots Are broken up into several takes. Keeping a common reference object or person in the Frame is especially important if shots Are taken from several different temporal or spacial perspectives. A sampling the elixir let s apply the Quot Long medium and close up shots Quot to a favorite subject for travellers in Europe a the local wine. Try to plan visualize and script your coverage As much As you can even with still photos. Try to decide in Advance what the main Story elements Are so that you Don t miss any important aspects of fhe subject. A logical place to Start in a Story about wine production is the Vineyard. A Long shot might include a View of the Vineyard with a Normal 50mm-55mm Lens on a 35mm camera or slight wide Angle View with a 28mm-35mm Lens showing the River Valley in the background with a Castle overlooking the Vineyard. A medium shot might show a worker gathering grapes or carrying a Basket while a close up with a Short telephoto Lens could show details of a duster of grapes being picked or a shot of a weathered face framed by the grapes and  the winery the same principles can be used to show an overview of the factory medium shots of workers pouring grapes into the press and close ups of bottles being filled. With video a wide Angle establishing shot showing the work area could pan to the wine press and zoom to details of the grapes being poured into the press. A tour might provide some Long shots of the exterior of the building and Long shots of the bottling production line. Medium shots can show people operating the machines a a moving boxes of empty bottles and packaging the filled bottles. A close up of a Cork with a decorative Crest or of a particularly colourful Label can show details most tourists forget to capture on film or tape. Don t forget to include fingers or something for scale. The Label might even substitute for a opening title shot Foi video. When shooting titles for videos use Only the Center 70 percent of the Frame. Try to ensure lettering will be at least a half Inch tall and preferably larger on the screen. The Story can be completed with a tour of the wine cellars. Photos might include a dramatic Long shot of lines of casks medium shots of people at tables tasting the wines and close ups of a wine Glass design or of paintings on casks a perhaps with a painting similar to that in the title shot of the wine bottle s  your photos Good composition is a vital component of the Quot magic elixir Quot of photojournalism equally important to both still and video photography. While an in depth discussion of composition would fill a Book there Are a couple of continued on Page 6 these two photographs show the importance of people in photos. Above the Stone formation san the Cappadocia Region of Turkey have no scale without the Small dark human figure near the Bottom. The faces of two men checking the Quot nose Quot of a wine add human interest to a Story or series of photos on win growing. August 1, 1991 stripes Magazine 5