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By, Ashim and Graham. Photography Tips. The Rule of Thirds. You place points of interest alo0ng the lines or in the intersection horizontally or vertically. You can split the picture into nine equal parts. Working with Lines.
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By, Ashim and Graham Photography Tips
The Rule of Thirds • You place points of interest alo0ng the lines or in the intersection horizontally or vertically. You can split the picture into nine equal parts.
Working with Lines • There are three types: horizontal, vertical, and diagonal. These lines make an image look far away, up close, tall, small, or parallel.
Finding Fresh Angles • Changing the angles can have an impact on the feeling, of the size, of the subject. It can also have an affect on light shading and patterns.
Photographing Children • To take a photo of a baby, lay it on a blanket and put camera eye to eye with the baby • When photographing old children, its best to take a picture of them doing something they like and take multiple shots.
Getting Horizons Horizontal • It can ruin the shot when the horizon isn’t horizontal. • It can make the viewers dizzy or make them lean their heads slightly.
Getting Images Straight • Ask yourself what lines are in your view finder. • Not just the horizon but other horizontal lines. Make sure you don’t move around too much.
Fill Your Frame • Macro mode is very useful. • Use your optical zoom, legs, crop your pictures, and use digital zoom.
Importance of Focal Points • 6 Techniques: Prominent positions, focus on a certain point, blur out things in front and behind the object, make focal point large, contrast colors, similarly contrasting shapes, and textures.
Photographing Moving Objects • Moving objects are called “active space” and the space behind objects are “dead space”. • It will create balance, drama, and anticipation in your shot.
Getting Backgrounds Right • Check background first. • Move objects, change angle, use aperture to balance background, use focal length to blur backgrounds, place objects in open spaces, fill frame with subjects, make your own background .
Framing Your Shots • Giving photo context, Giving a sense of depth and layers, Leading the eye to the main focal point, and intriguing your viewer.
How To Use Converging Lines To Balance Your Photography • Experiment with the position, wide angle lenses, position the convergence, add interest to point of convergence.