Photographer (Scout)

Badge Requirements

Complete the following activities:

• Find out about a career opportunity in photography (education, training, and experience required) and explain why this profession might interest you.
  
  

• Produce 12 photographs taken by you, using either a conventional camera or digital camera. The 12 photographs must cover at least FOUR different types of subject:

a) Landscapes

b) Animals

c) Portraits

d) Action shots

• Present to your troop the following:
  
  

a) How prints from conventional or digital cameras are being processed and developed.

b) Knowledge of photographs by artificial light.

c) The main features of a conventional or digital camera (i.e. ISO, Exposure--aperture (f-stops), shutter speed, depth of field, rule of thirds, leading lines, framing, depth, shutter speeds, apertures and lens focusing).

d) How they are used to ensure good photos;

e) The various types of cameras currently available; the use of accessories such as tripods, exposure meters, filters and close-up lenses.