Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Mastering New Camera Techniques 2014 – Deciding Subject Placement in the Frame





One of the first decisions you have to make as a photographer is the accurate position of your subject in the frame. You should know how to position the camera and properly take a shot of the subject. It is not simply a matter of pointing your camera at the subject. Instead, you have to learn the basics of image composition to improve your skill. It’s one of fundamental techniques, beside deciding what to shoot and using the proper settings.

You will find many theories and rules about how to compose an image. But, the main subject placement is perhaps the most important key that you should consider about when photographing. Great cameras don’t always make great pictures. But, great photographers will do! There are a number of features on your camera. Although they can help you make amazing pictures, but only you can determine where to position your subject in image, which way to aim the camera and when to release the shutter. That’s why learning the camera composition is the most crucial thing you have to know as a photographer.

Rule of Thirds in Photograph Composition



It’s good to position the subject in center of image. But in some cases, it can make unnatural looking compositions. If you face this problem, why just don’t you put the subject slightly off-center of the frame? There is a composing technique to help you, called rule of thirds. Simply imagine lines that divide each side of your frame into three areas at equal size. You then put the main subject where they intersect, or on one of these lines.

Pay Attention to the Surroundings


Besides the subject, the success of your composition is determined by the space around your subject as well. Firstly, you must think about the surrounding of your main subject and how much its portion to include in a frame. It’s a general rule to add the surroundings to the photo as simply as showing the environment around your subject in a wildlife image or portrait. As an alternative way, you can make your image completely dominated by your main subject by excluding the surroundings.

Space to Moving Subjects


If you do portraits or actions shots, it’s particularly applicable using the space around your subject. You will naturally look ahead into the subject’s track move when looking at pictures of moving subjects. That’s why you need to keep the moving subject in correct balance by leaving more space ahead of the subject. This composition technique can also benefit for portraits. You can instantly make a balanced composition by leaving some space on the side where your subject is looking into.
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