The way you frame and crop your shots has power to give a sense of size to a scene that may not actually be there. For example – the shot to the left of a field of tulips is framed in such a way that there is not beginning or end to the tulips anywhere [...]
Posing is a subject that stumps quite a lot of photographers. Whether our first or thousandth time working with people, sometimes we just look at our subject and draw a complete blank. It’s a scary moment. There are a number of great articles on some of the basics of posing on dPS already, and I [...]
Yesterday, I posted the four rules of composition I can’t live without. Rules are made to be broken, right? Right. But you can’t break these rules until you can master them. So now that we’ve had a few days to contemplate these rules (or perhaps you’re already a photographer who harnesses the powers of composition [...]
Before I dove head first into the world of photography (there was no toe-in-the water transition period for me), I hadn’t ever considered or learned about composition. I thought it only had something to do with painting. If I was going to take pictures of real life, I didn’t imagine that I would be saying [...]
A Guest post by Amar Ramesh. Here’s 10 more composition tips following last week’s article 10 quick tips for composition illustrated with Eastern Washington pictures. Practice these quick and simple tips constantly. They will quickly become a natural part of your routine leading to consistently better and better photography. Balance and Symmetry Symmetry makes for [...]
And before those of you in the Southern Hemisphere jump all over the title, with its clear Northern Hemisphere slant, don’t worry, I’ll be talking about the Southern Cross (Crux) as well. There just wasn’t room in the title to fit in all of that. Let’s start off with the ‘why’ and then move to [...]
Yesterday I shared 5 ingredients of composition that I consider when setting up a shot. Today I’d like to talk about 5 more. Framing Most of us use ‘frames’ to display our images when we hang them on walls for viewing – however ‘framing’ can be used within the composition of a shot to help [...]
Good Composition is a key element of good photographs yet is something that is hard to define. Instead of looking at composition as a set of ‘rules’ to follow – I view it as a set of ingredients that can be taken out of the pantry at any point and used to make a great [...]
Photo by acampm1 Here’s a little ‘question’ for you to ask next time you’re out and about with our digital cameras. Next time you’re taking a landscape or urban landscape shot pause before you hit the shutter and ask yourself: “What’s in the Foreground of this shot?” I find that many photographers give backgrounds of [...]
Like a lot of photographers, I carry a camera around just about everywhere I go. But it’s not always my preferred DSLR as the bulk and weight often preclude easy travel, especially if I’m just heading to the store. A Point & Shoot (P&S) camera, however, easily slips into my pocket or resides peacefully in [...]
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