Posts
TIPS AND COMPOSITION IN DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
For years many composition tips for photographers as been publish. These are tips on the subject on “COMPOSITION”. Which focuses upon how to arrange your subject in the frame and not on other technicalities of shooting digital images like using a flash shooting in different modes etc. I choose these three focal point, frame, and background right because I think that those three are the most important thing if you want to have a perfect image.
Focal Point can be virtually anything ranging from a person, to a building, to a mountain, to a flower etc. Obviously the more interesting the focal point the better. But there are other things you can do to enhance it’s power including.
POSITIONS: place in a prominent position, you might want to start with the ‘THE RULE OF THIRD’ for some ideas.
FOCUS: learn to use ‘DEPTH OF FIELD’ to blur out other aspects in front or behind your focal point.
BLUR: if you really want to get tricky you might want to play with slower shutter speeds if your main subject is still and things around it are moving.
COLOR: using contrasting colors can also be away of setting your point of interest apart from its surrounding.
The use of a frame can turn an otherwise plain picture into a pleasing one. Usually a foreground element is used to create the frame. A frame serves to isolate your main subject and create an interesting composition. Oftentimes, it’s the feeling of depth you’re after.
USE YOUR OPTICAL ZONE: most point and shoot digital cameras these days come with a zoom lens and all ‘DSLR’ can be fitted with one.
USE YOUR LEGS: don’t rely upon the built in zoom, position yourself effectively for close in shots.
CROP YOUR SHOT: this is a good option if you’re just trimming shots but any major cropping will result in a loss of quality of your image.
DIGITAL ZONE: a digital zoom fills you frame by increasing the size of pixels in your shots when can leave you with a grainy impact.
Background presents both opportunities can challenges to photographers. On the one hand they can put a subjects in context and make it stand out in a way that highlights it wonderfully. But on the other hand backgrounds can overwhelm subjects and distract from them. Always check your background before hitting the shutter release. Make sure you always do these before you take your image. Move your subject. Change your shooting angle. Use aperture to blur backgrounds. Use focal length to blur background. Place subjects in front of your open spaces. Full your frame with your subject and make your own background post processing.
Always scan the background of your shots before taking a shot. Look for colors that don’t fit with the rest of the image, bright patches that might distract the eye, lines that clash, people that don’t belong etc.
The tips of composition helps you not only to just learn about it but to almost make you take a perfect pictures. With one of the most popular ‘RULES’ in photography is the Rule Of Thirds. It’s the most help in taking a perfect picture, whether or not you think you’re the best in taking pictures, you have to know what is more important. You can’t just randomly turn on the camera then just snap, you need way more than that, and you need to know the rules and basic tips of taking pictures.
