Archive for March, 2009
The 52 Week Photo Challenge for 2009 – Week 13
March 29, 2009The 52 Week Photo Challenge for 2009 – Week 12
March 28, 2009
{ Tips TUESDAY } Perspective – Change the Angle
March 24, 2009- Change the angle to give you a different perspective.
- Walk around your subject. Take shots from different angles. Your natural reflex is usually to take the picture straight on.
- Changing the angle changes the look of the image and makes it more interesting.
The 52 Week Photo Challenge for 2009 – Week 11
March 21, 2009
{ Tips TUESDAY } Clothing: What to Wear
March 10, 2009Clothing:
- Wear bright colors vs. white/light or dark colors.
- Try to stay away from white or very light colors for clothing. Although white polos and khaki’s make for classic shots, light colors absorb light more than darker colors. You lose detail in your shots in bright light.
- Stay away from busy patterns and logos!
- 500 cars or trucks zooming across a shirt can be very distracting in snapshots. It draws your eyes away from your main focus, the child/person/thing whose snapshot you are capturing.
- Patterns such as polka dots, or a really cute plaid will not overwhelm the child.
The 52 Week Photo Challenge for 2009 – Week 10
March 8, 2009
{ Party }
March 7, 2009
The 52 Week Photo Challenge for 2009 – Week 09
March 7, 2009
{ Tips TUESDAY } Keep Your Background Simple, and more
March 3, 2009- Keep your background simple, or find an interesting place to take your shots.
- Check the background of a shot to look for clutter or distraction.
- Scan the background (and the foreground) of an image quickly. Change your framing if there are too many distractions. Otherwise your shots will end up with all kinds of objects growing out of the heads you photograph.
- Look for places that have a somewhat simple background, or find an interesting place that provides some interest to the shot so that you can include the environment in the shot for a different look. Simple is good for keeping the focus on the child/adult/thing, and not what’s behind or around the person/object being photographed.
- Tight shots – filling the frame – takes away the distractions/clutter in the background. It keeps the focus on your subject. Examples:
- Fill the frame with a _______ (graffiti wall, brightly colored door, rustic wall, etc.).
- A colorful lifeguard stand as a backdrop would be a neat place for photographs on the beach.