SMARTPHONE TUTORIAL:
You may have come here because you want to be able to take great photos yourself to help build the collection of the photos for our community of SLTs and Teachers. That's fantastic and I love to give you a few tips to get started!
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1. White background only for singular objects and sequence type of photos that you want the client to produce a sentence from. Use a building wall to help with that, if it is off-white then try to make the photo as bright as possible without losing the detail of the objects.
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From the order of left to right: 1. touch too dark, a brighter photo is needed 2. Flash, is recommended in a dark environment but make sure the detail isn't lost and no dramatic shadows, no detail is lost here. 3. Too bright, lot of detail lost. 4. no detail is lost, no shadows, clear features, and soft background.
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Only number 3 is not acceptable on the website but number 4 is the best. Try to aim for a brightness level similar to that and the background to be as soft as the above.
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2. Take photos on a cloudy day or alternatively in the shade. Attempt to not take photo oo subjects in direct sunlight except for landscape photos such as below:
In planned photoshoots, please avoid full sunlight or dotted sun from the nearby tree. This is because it is harder to control the photo to be softer and contrast less.
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The exception goes to normal day-to-day life photos is that it's not planned and you have to work with what you have.
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3. The main object in your picture must be focused. You can do this on your smartphone by clicking on the main subject to tell the phone you want to be focused on.
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4. If photographing people, don't crop tiny bit of feet, hands or head off the picture unless it is intentionally excluded (like a head portrait can not have feet and hands in the photos).
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5. Photograph most photos in landslide orientation (like all the photos shown above) for ease of organising photos.
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6. Make sure you have got the persons permission before photographing them if they are recoginable.
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Please before photographing anyone that is recognisable gain evidence of expressed permission from the model(s) that they are giving permission for photos of them to be uploaded to the website in public access and to be downloadable and printable to be used in SLT clinics.
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Now go and take great photographs and support the community!
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DISCLAIMER:
I do not claim any responsibility for any of the images linked to the website created by others and therefore whether those photos are in line with the UK photo permission guidelines. I would check with each entry and rely on the creator’s response on whether permission is given or not by the models.
