​10 simple tips for improving your composition

(I) simplify the scene

In various photography training classes, canvas prints students are often told that one of the most common mistakes made by beginners in photography is to be too greedy, trying to take photos of everything in front of them, in the hope that readers can also see interesting things like themselves. Although taking all the elements makes for a good "record" of your photos, it often makes your photos lack a clear theme, leading to too much clutter and losing the story or meaning expressed in them. Instead, try simplifying the scene as much as you can, taking only the really interesting stuff and removing the superfluous or irrelevant elements.

(2) Fill the picture frame

If there are a lot of irrelevant things around a photo, or a blank space, photo canvas australia the main character may not be prominent enough. We can try to fill the photo as much as possible and make good use of your zoom in function, or take more steps to enrich the photo.

(c) Make good use of straightness, crossness and different photo proportions

Although the horizontal is more convenient for handheld camera shooting, if you also shoot the horizontal for each photo, it would be too boring. A lot of time, the vertical photos can also take a beautiful effect, large photo even more consistent with the theme of the photo than the horizontal. Also, the ratio of the photos is not necessarily 3:2 or 4:3, may wish to adjust the camera to take a square, 16:9 and other different photo ratio, this will make your photos more diverse.

Don't always put the main body in the middle

Many times the main body will be placed in the middle of the photo, many times will make the photo look ordinary, try to make good use of the rule of thirds or golden section, put the main body on the four intersections, so that the photos taken out will look better!

(v) Use the guide wire

A picture without careful composition often lacks focus, leaving the reader unsure where to look. To avoid this, try to find a good "lead line" to guide the reader's eyes to the main body. The guide line doesn't have to be a solid line. Of course, the road, railings and other physical line can also make good use of!

Use diagonal lines

Diagonals are also a very common method of composition. In contrast to horizontal and vertical directions, diagonals mainly express stability and order. Diagonals are very suitable for expressing dynamic or energetic things and feelings.

(7) Reserve space for "moving objects"

When we look at an object, we often wonder what it will do or become. So when shooting something that moves (whether it does or feels like it does), leave a bit of space in the direction of the movement so that the image will appear more comparative and hierarchical.

(viii) Blur the background and highlight the subject

This composition method can be said to be a photographer essential! Using the shallow depth of field effect, we can highlight the main body in the messy or complex background, not only suitable for portrait shooting, in the static objects, scenery close-up, architectural photos also come in handy, must learn ah!

(9) Make good use of color contrast

Contrast is one of the easiest and most important techniques in composition. Beginners can learn from "color contrast". In addition to arranging the two colors in parallel for contrast, the composition can also be expressed by surrounding methods (such as a little red in the green leaves).

Do not die according to the theory, free play

In fact, the theory of composition technique is just a beginning, you can be bold to try when you really shoot, as long as you can express the story behind the shooting of the photo, rectangle canvas some unconventional composition methods can enhance the appeal of the photo!