Composition Theory – Shooting Subjects in Action
Whenever your subjects are moving in a direction, a basic rule of photography is to leave room in the direction the subject is moving. This rule is important because the viewer’s eyes are naturally drawn from the subject to whatever the subject is looking at or facing. If the subject is facing the edge of [...]
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Composition Theory – Shooting Wide, Very Wide
The photojournalist in us never wants to miss the moment, that laugh, that tear, that hug, that kiss. However, the 200mm close ups come out so nice that we sometimes forget that the moment also involves the surroundings and the environment. Sometimes the best picture isn’t the subject perfectly cropped in the scene; or [...]
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Using Framing in Your Photographic Compositions
In a living room, artwork and photos are place inside of frames to add uniformity and balance to the surroundings as well as draw the viewer’s attention to the subject. In photography, the compositional concept of framing is used in a similar way. Framing in photography is using existing objects in a scene to block [...]
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