Ideas/Suggestions for design

[cyrl]

I am a total beginner for photography . I am using a canon powershot a460 which is not professional as well The thing is i am doing a project and i need some ideas on how to do a photo shot for its cover and other places where i need photographs to fill in the gaps. The title of the project is "the impact of Mobile phones on young people" its a study mainly based on Students and young professionals. I was thinking of a photo shot connected to people using their phones in various actives etc. Any help regarding this?

[o0moonman0o]

this is more of a design question than photography imo, maybe some design forums?

[crazzy88ss]

You need images to use when designing, so this is at the very least, both a photography and designing question.

Two types of images that I would include would be:

1.) Close ups of phones,

and most importantly,

2.) Pictures of people using the phones. Make sure to include photos that have hands+face+phone. Photos of hands+phone (specifically using the phone for something like text messaging) are good too.

[the evn show]

Unless you need to do the photos yourself for some reason: why not just hit up Veer and buy some stock photography (disclosure, my friends work there but I use them at work weekly).

[crazzy88ss]

phft it's all about istock/shutterstock! :p

[Argote]

Just go to Flickr or DeviantArt and do a search under the Creative Commons license.

Supplement that with your own shots (or browse the shots with copyrights and get inspiration for you own shots), the previous recommendations by crazy88s are a good starting point.

[cyrl]

You need images to use when designing, so this is at the very least, both a photography and designing question.

Two types of images that I would include would be:

1.) Close ups of phones,

and most importantly,

2.) Pictures of people using the phones. Make sure to include photos that have hands+face+phone. Photos of hands+phone (specifically using the phone for something like text messaging) are good too.

Thanks for your reply! :)

Oh i get the idea of what you mean. But what kind of lighting and technique do i have to use when taking photos for a reason like this?

Is the camera i have sufficient for this?

Just go to Flickr or DeviantArt and do a search under the Creative Commons license.

Supplement that with your own shots (or browse the shots with copyrights and get inspiration for you own shots), the previous recommendations by crazy88s are a good starting point.

Thanks thats also a great idea. I'll give it a try.

[crazzy88ss]

Thanks for your reply! :)

Oh i get the idea of what you mean. But what kind of lighting and technique do i have to use when taking photos for a reason like this?

Is the camera i have sufficient for this?

Well you have something really basic, so I'd just stick to the basics.

If possible, I'd take the photos outside to ensure that there's lots of light. Try to avoid flash if possible. Sometimes direct flash can be rather unflattering on people.

If you know the limits of you camera, and stay within them, you'll be fine.

[cyrl]

Well you have something really basic, so I'd just stick to the basics.

If possible, I'd take the photos outside to ensure that there's lots of light. Try to avoid flash if possible. Sometimes direct flash can be rather unflattering on people.

If you know the limits of you camera, and stay within them, you'll be fine.

Yeah! thats one of the main draw backs i think. I know what i mean by not using flash. But the thing is its hard to get photos by not using a flash and most of the times in the camera screen it might be okay but when i open it with photoshop or something it just seems blurred. I tried to find a tripod but all i could find was a small one just few cms in height.

Do i need to change the ISO settings or anything while taking shots?

[buckboii]

simple yet elegant.

[crazzy88ss]

Yeah! thats one of the main draw backs i think. I know what i mean by not using flash. But the thing is its hard to get photos by not using a flash and most of the times in the camera screen it might be okay but when i open it with photoshop or something it just seems blurred. I tried to find a tripod but all i could find was a small one just few cms in height.

Do i need to change the ISO settings or anything while taking shots?

Increasing ISO will increase shutter speed, however, increasing ISO usually makes the pictures have really low quality when using a cheap point and shoot.

That's why I suggested going outside so that you'll get plenty of light and won't have to worry about ISO/flash issues.

[cyrl]

Increasing ISO will increase shutter speed, however, increasing ISO usually makes the pictures have really low quality when using a cheap point and shoot.

That's why I suggested going outside so that you'll get plenty of light and won't have to worry about ISO/flash issues.

Yeah i knew about that. So okay i ll go outside to take the shots. Another question is there any posses that the people might have to be in or any specific techniques that i have to use?

[crazzy88ss]

Those are really up to you. I'm not really sure what you mean by "techniques" but what you can do is just simply copy poses done by others.

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php...hone%20portrait

If that link doesn't work for you, just go to www.istockphoto.com and search for "cell phone portrait." Find ones you like. You can even BUY those images if you so choose. Otherwise you can try and duplicate them.

[cyrl]

Those are really up to you. I'm not really sure what you mean by "techniques" but what you can do is just simply copy poses done by others.

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php...hone%20portrait

If that link doesn't work for you, just go to www.istockphoto.com and search for "cell phone portrait." Find ones you like. You can even BUY those images if you so choose. Otherwise you can try and duplicate them.

Thats a great idea:) I checked out the link you posted and thanks alot for all the help so far. I ll try to duplicate the stock images or create some on my own. Another thing is the cover it should be simple without any fancy fonts and all?

[crazzy88ss]

Again, that's really up to you. I myself like things to stay simple and clean.

[Argote]

Remember that if you choose to use stuff with the creative commons license to check whether they allow derivative works and to attribute them. Duplicating the shots will let you do whatever you want though.

[cyrl]

Remember that if you choose to use stuff with the creative commons license to check whether they allow derivative works and to attribute them. Duplicating the shots will let you do whatever you want though.

Yeah i thought about that i will most probably duplicate the shots since its easy.

Again, that's really up to you. I myself like things to stay simple and clean.

Thanks for the help yeah sure i ll keep it simple since its not a big thing and my camera isnt the best as well:)