Requirement
4. Demonstrate two terms with a camera: choose two of four
Required Often forgotten
FOUR PHOTOGRAPHS. Two options, and each is one subject photographed two ways. The four options map one to one onto four of requirement 2's terms, so choose the two you understood best. Every image made here is excluded from requirement 7.
Notes and warnings
Warning. EVERY PHOTOGRAPH YOU MAKE HERE IS SPENT. Requirement 7 must use images other than those created for requirements 4, 5 and 6, so the four images this requirement produces cannot appear in your photo story. That is not a reason to do less here, it is a reason to know the total before you start: about seven images for requirements 4 and 5 together, then eight to twelve entirely separate ones for requirement 7. There is a second thing worth knowing about this requirement. Its four options map one to one onto four of the seven terms you explained in requirement 2: angle of view, light, depth of field and composition. Nothing on the badge says so. Choose the two terms you understood best, and check what your camera can actually control before choosing the depth of field option.
What this is made of
Where this step comes from
- Photography Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2026-07-22), Requirement 4 · The requirement asks for two of the four options, each photographing one subject two ways.