20.2.08
announcement
HEYHEY!
yea for this friday's cca please prepare to share 1 best photo of yours from chinatown trip.
please make sure that you rmb to bring your photo.
or else...
hehe
pass the message around too :D
Thank you!
--Jocelyn
19:27;
14.2.08
tips for composing your photos
hey! :D yea the blog's rather dead, so i shall post some stuff though most of you should know it already, there are still the sec ones.
Tips for composing your photos:
1. Have a center of interest
2. Put the main subject off center
- Rule of Thirds: place subject along imaginary line dividing viewfinder into thirds
note: subject should face or move towards center of pic, not away
3. Get in close
-fill view finder with what you want in your 'finished' pic
-get rid of everything not necessary to your pic
-concentrate attention to your subject
4. Watch background
-cluttered background will draw attention away from main subject
-can try to change camera angle/subject's position
-can try to get low, shoot subj. against sky (or)
-shoot from high angle of ground is attractive and simple
-avoid backgrounds where trees/poles 'grow' from ppl's head
-choose to throw disturbing background out of focus (play w aperture/depth of field)
5. Check all angles
- study subj. from diff angle
-shooting from low angle: make subj. look imposing
-shooting from high angle: diminish subj.
-lighting changes with angle (can check lighting too e.g back, front or side lighting)
-bad weather --> overcast, grey sky (can try to shoot from high angle)
these are just tips you can choose to follow its not a MUST. yup.
i shall stop here since not many will read very long posts.
info from: "The Basic Book of Photography -- the classic guide [5th edition]"
by Tom and Michele Grimm
yea...you can prob find the book at the lib.
HAPPY VALENTINE'S!
- jocelyn XD
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