10/17/2017

Digital Empowerment Photography Lessons With Focus And Exposure

By Joseph Fisher


Do you want to snap some unbelievable photographs? Would you like some digital photography lessons? Let's talk about composition! Thinking about composition, or how the picture is constructed, when taking the picture is a technique that will improve your empowerment photography skills. How can you build a better photograph?

Understanding the frame is basic to understanding composition in general. It is important to keep your subject aligned with the imaginary lines of the "Rule of Thirds." What this means is divide your subject into thirds by drawing two imaginary horizontal and vertical lines. The lines should be evenly spaced. This makes up a grid pattern. Place the subject where the lines intersect to create a more interesting composition.

Also important is the orientation of the frame. Experiment with horizontal and vertical versions of the same image. This is a GREAT exercise to push your composition skills. Soon you will develop a feel for the balance between subject matter and background, as well as train yourself to get out of the "standard" rut. (For some that is always shooting horizontal images, for others it is always shooting vertical images.) You will be surprised at how quickly your images improve with this exercise.

Second Digital Photography Lessons: Have a steady hand and use your frame well- Shaky hands would not help if you are engaged in photography; The results would make you fringe, especially if you capture good subjects while your hands shake - pictures would look blurry and will produce this "ghosting" effect, where the picture would appear double. Try as best as possible to have your hands steadied and used the grid on your frame to help you with the alignment.

By forcing yourself to shoot "full frame, " you stretch your skills as a photographer and artist. This forces you to consider all of the elements within the viewfinder. Once you have a strong base of this skill, it is fine to break away from it; establishing the skill first is the key to improving the quality of your digital photographs.

Fill Flash - Flashing people in the daytime will help your pictures. Wait a minute, that didn't come out exactly as I meant it to. What I mean is one way to get rid of shadows during the day is to use your flash. This works very well with shadows on people's faces. Incorporating these digital photographing lessons when taking pictures can help tremendously. All of these have helped produce some incredible photographs, and with practice, I am sure they will enhance your photos as well.

Some techniques are simple to learn and have to do with your equipment. Try experimenting with your lens filters for a new view... Try rubbing a thin film of Vaseline onto an old filter (but NEVER directly onto a lens - this will permanently ruin your lens), or try wrapping something around the filter, like a piece of tinted cellophane or a patch of pantyhose for an interesting effect.

The amount of light needed can be easily calculated by the cameras internal computer. What can't be automatically computed and where we find the true artistry in photographing, is in the creative decisions that go into each photo. No camera could ever automatically make these sorts of creative decisions. If you want to take your photography to a whole new level and start getting photos that will rival the best professionals. You can go online and find digital photography lessons that will quickly take you out of the fully automatic, grab shot phase and bring in the "WOW" into YOUR pictures.




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