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kenny123
Joined: 13 Aug 2005
Posts: 6079
Location: Masterton,Wairarapa, New Zealand
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:03 pm
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Someone mentioned that a contributor's #1 rule for Composition would be a handy feature in this critique tips and tricks forum- These aren't rules,but rather compromises,(Questions that I ask myself) that I use, concerning Composition:
1. What is the main subject of my image?
- The most prominent object, theme or topic
2. How do I emphasise the main subject?
- Isolate the subject
- Use motion blur (slow shutter speed)
- Use fast shutter speed to freeze motion
- Use selective focusing
- Subject placement within frame
- Get close and fill frame with subject
3. What do I leave out of my image?-
- All things that are irrelevant to the main subject
- All things that detract from the main subject
- Look out for cluttered foregrounds and backgrounds
- Watch for distractions: trees growing out of people’s heads;
- Rivers and fences running through ears, etc., |
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jeffbanke
Joined: 18 Dec 2005
Posts: 17467
Location: www.xlr8photo.com, The real California
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:17 am
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| kenny123 wrote: | Someone mentioned that a contributor's #1 rule for Composition would be a handy feature in this critique tips and tricks forum- These aren't rules,but rather compromises,(Questions that I ask myself) that I use, concerning Composition:
1. What is the main subject of my image?
- The most prominent object, theme or topic
2. How do I emphasise the main subject?
- Isolate the subject
- Use motion blur (slow shutter speed)
- Use fast shutter speed to freeze motion
- Use selective focusing
- Subject placement within frame
- Get close and fill frame with subject
3. What do I leave out of my image?-
- All things that are irrelevant to the main subject
- All things that detract from the main subject
- Look out for cluttered foregrounds and backgrounds
- Watch for distractions: trees growing out of people’s heads;
- Rivers and fences running through ears, etc., |
Pretty much use the same process my self :-) |
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alexosbourn
Joined: 10 Dec 2011
Posts: 25
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:04 pm
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Thank you!!! =] I love check lists! |
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semmickphoto
Joined: 12 Feb 2012
Posts: 6510
Location: Stuck between a shutter and a hard place
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 6:15 pm
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Thanks Kenny. Will use that list. |
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