Tuesday’s Better Photo Tips
We are going to start with tips about composition. Employing these tips on composition will improve your photos dramatically no matter whether you are shooting with a DSLR, a point and shoot or even a disposable.
Today’s tip: Simplify!
When you are taking a picture, you are making a statement. What are you trying to say? What are you trying to remember forever? Just if you are writing a paragraph or giving a speech, if you include too much information the recipient gets distracted or confused. Choose one object or story for your picture to be about and make sure that the only things in the picture help tell the story or emphasize the object.
One of the easiest ways to do this is to Fill the Frame. Zoom in closer. Whether you just have to push a button or you have to walk up closer to your subject. As you zoom in, you eliminate all of the clutter that will distract the viewer from your subject.
Also, Check Your Background. One of the big problems at our house is pictures taken at the kitchen table, only to see the open pantry door. If you notice something like that, walking over and closing the door can make a dramatically better picture. If you can walk 3 feet and change the background behind your subject from a park with kids playing, to solid greenery, move. One easy way to get a simpler background, especially outdoors, is to get higher than the subject (filling more of the background with grass). Understandably there are moments that won’t wait for you to make adjustments. Those moments you have to catch while you can. In those instances the moment you are trying to capture is more important than the quality of the picture.
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