Photography lesson day 5 - Framing

4. Framing simply means frame a picture within a frame. This is something like using an arc of a church door to frame a person. or using a window to frame a subject


In this picture below i used the hole in the cave to frame the water falls



Or you can use a whole area or dominant color to frame your subject




this is an example of using rule of thirds and framing at the same time

Assignment E:

Shoot using framing technique as many as you can


There are other ways to compose a picture. What I mentioned above are just some of the samples. Try experimenting other ways to compose a subject, it is also helpful to look at books or websites on composition. The more you experiment the more you learn.

Photography lesson day 4 - Simplify

DAY 4

3. Simplify the photo means the photo doesn’t contain elements that distracts the viewers from the subject matter or the only thing sharply focus if the subject. In wide-angle lens try not including bright area the will distract the viewers for the subject or too much action happening behind the subject unless these elements are helpful in making the image stronger.


Notice that the only thing sharp in the picture is the hand and rosary everything else is blurred or another way of doing it is filling the frame with just hand and rosary.





Another way to simplify is to fill your frame with the subject. Notice that the frame is only filled with kids wearing hats.




Assignment D:
Shoot any subject you want using this technique. Make sure to simplify. Shoot as many as you can & explore new ways of simplifying the image

Photography lesson day 3 - Use Lines

DAY 3

2. Use lines. There are several ways to use lines to make a technically good photo. Use lines to lead the eyes of the viewer to the subject.



Using 2 lines to bring the eyes to the river & to the mountain






The aisle is like an invisible line it brings your eye towards the altar and the cross. In landscapes you may use C-curves or s-curves shaped rivers to lead the eyes of a viewer, maybe towards a mountain on other subjects.

Assignment C:

Shoot using composition technique of leading lines as many as you can.

Photography lesson day 2 - Composition & Rule of thirds

Composition in photography

Composition plays a big factor in making a photo look good or not. It is best to know some techniques in composition since most of the advance cameras today have very good automatic shooting modes. My point is that almost any one can shoot but it takes the best photographers to compose a good picture. There are no hard and fast rules in making a beautiful picture, only guidelines that helped artists then and now in making good photos.

1. Rule of thirds simply means not putting the subject in the middle of the frame or putting it off center. Why? Because putting the subject in the middle of the frame makes the picture look boring or static.

Most of the time the tendency of an amateur photographer is to put a subject in the middle of the frame this is because people have been used to the idea of focusing an image in the middle of the frame and then shoot, it is best to focus and then compose. By doing this there is more thought given to the image than just clicking away.



The frame is divided in 3 parts.
putting the picture where the lines
intersect makes the picture more
interesting.







Assignment B:
Shoot as many as you can use rule of thirds as composition technique.