Why stop there? (Destiny)

by RC , UK, Wednesday, April 23, 2014, 03:47 (3866 days ago) @ uberfoop

I want to be a virtual photographer... IN SPACE!

• Aperture (Depth of Field) - this is how you get sexy blurred backgrounds to isolate your subject matter. Looks like Second Son has it from the pics I've seen.
  
• Focus - with a small depth of field you need to be able to adjust focus otherwise what you want in focus will probably be just a blurry mess!
  
• Zoom (FOV)- Every photographer knows that lenses make a huge difference to the look of photos: from exaggerating 3D features, to compressing them. Who wants to be stuck at the same focal length all day? Fortunately, unlike in the real world, getting different focal lengths in a game world is cheap, high-quality and easy.
  
• Shutter Speed (exposure time) - for sexy motion blur effects. How can you know how fast things are if they're always perfectly frozen in time?
  
• Sensitivity - to get dreamy washed-out looks, or broody darkened photos. Set to auto if you're a noob ;)
  
• Lens-type - standard, fish-eye?
  
• Aspect Ratio - Generally, cameras are 3:2, whereas games are 16:9. But why restrict yourself? Throw in some panavision (2.4:1) or some 5:4 for that 'old PC game' look.

Then of course, you can throw in the 'instagram'-style effects on top and ruin your photo all you like.