10 rules of photo composition (and why they work)

In photography, it’s not just what you shoot that counts – the way that you shoot it is crucial, too. Poor photo composition can make a fantastic subject dull, but a well-set scene can create a wonderful image from the most ordinary of situations. With that in mind, we’ve picked our top 10 photo composition ‘rules’ to show you how to transform your images, as well as offered some of our best photography tips from the experts who do it on a daily basis. Don’t feel that you’ve got to remember every one of these laws and apply them to each photo you take. Photo composition doesn’t have to be complicated. In the real world, you’ll be working with a wide range of subjects and scenes, and this requires a more open-minded approach. The key thing is to understand how all the decisions you make about composition can affect the way a shot looks and how people perceive your photos. Technical know-how is very important in photography, of course, and even in some aspects of photo composition.

Aperture Vs. Depth of Field Visual Guide When you widen the aperture, the depth of field becomes shallower, and vice versa. That’s not all the Aperture does though, as it also affects the exposure. The DoF is also controlled by where you focus, and how far you are away from the subject. If you would like to learn more, I would suggest clicking here, here, and especially here. Here’s a general comparison though. I focused close to the camera, which allowed for a shallower depth of field, and I narrow the aperture by one stop each step (which allows half the amount of light in). Check out my new forum if you have any questions, there’s plenty of users there willing to answer any of your questions.

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Thought Catalog 50 essential photography tips Whether photography is a hobby or a profession, you'll get a whole lot more out of it if you understand how it works. With a firm grasp of aperture, shutter speed, sensitivity and focal length, the ratio of truly great to merely mediocre shots you download at the end of an expedition is all but guaranteed to climb. Here we present CNET UK's 50 essential shooters' tips. Don't uncap your lens without them. Aperture 1. The size of the opening, which is regulated by a series of fins encroaching from the edge of the lens barrel, is measured in so-called f-stops, written f/2.8, f/5.9 and so on, with smaller numbers denoting wider apertures. A narrow opening is regulated by a large amount of each fin encroaching into the barrel, and so has a high f-stop number, such as f/16, f/18 and so on. 2. Rather than being opposite ends of a single scale these describe the maximum aperture at the wide angle and telephoto (maximum zoom) lens positions respectively. 3. 4. 5. 6. Filters and lenses 7. 8. 9. 10.

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Didaweb: Recursos didácticos e innovaciones educativas Infographic: First Photo to Digital to Instagram, and Beyond I thought you might be interested in this infographic from Overgram, the new, free app that allows users to place text over their photos. The infographic provides insights on the history of photography from the first photo, to the first high speed photos, to color pictures, to the advent of digital photography, to Facebook and Instagram and photo sharing. Stats from the infographic include: The first photograph required an eight hour exposureMore than 3.5 trillion photos have been taken since the first photo70% of all Facebook activity is based on photos300 million photos are uploaded to Facebook everydayPhotos make up 42% of all posts on Tumblr91% of all smartphone owners take at least one photo per month Click Image to Enlarge/Full View

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