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Storyboards are a great way to print and share multiple photos. Since the digital age allows you to overshoot, most of us have a multitude of images on and off our cameras. We often have more than a few photos that we would like to print, but the cost to print that many will sometimes cause the printing process to come to a screeching halt. Using a storyboard with images that tell a story will make it easier for you to make prints for you, your family and friends:
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Where do you find children? Usually at a playground. But the swings on the bright yellow structure at Pinecrest Park, usually filled with children having fun shouting “Higher, higher—push me higher,” were quiet on Sunday morning. Sitting under the Bonzi shaped tree and enjoying a cool breeze was a treat for me. Nonetheless, I’m looking forward to going back again when the park is full of energetic children having fun. Enjoy your day and happy location scouting.
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Sometimes, you just have to switch heads 
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Let me know your thoughts on this composition by leaving me a comment. Does it tell a story or not? Other images from this series are in the post below this one.
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Have you looked at a photo and ‘felt’ that something wasn’t right with it? It may be that someone’s arm or leg is chopped off at the joint making them seem amputated. Zoom in or out so that the arm or leg is cropped above or below the joint, or you can include the whole limb in the photo
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Find a focal point of interest:
- If you insist on centering the subject in the frame, leave some space around him/her so that you are drawn back to the subject not out of the image
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- Fill the frame – GET IN CLOSE – vary your shots in a number of these ways:
- Get in close or step back for a wider angle shot.
- Zoom in with the lens or move closer { zoom with your feet } to your subject
- Move around your subject to shoot from different sides
- When using your flash, stay further away and zoom in on the subject. The light on your subject is softer when you’re further away.
- Filling the frame or tight shots, takes away the distractions/clutter in the background – it keeps the focus on your subject.
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- 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.
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Clothing:
- 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.
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- 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.
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