How to take great photos?Tip #1 Find your subject.
In order to become a good photographer, you need to focus on what is important in the photo. Determine what is the main subject of the photo, sunset, baby, family, mountain etc. Once you know the main subject, focus in on it.
One way to focus is to get rid of extra details that are not important to tell the story in the photo.
Here are some examples of bad photos that don't focus on the main subject very well.
EXAMPLE #1
Who is the main subject in the photo?
Is it the boy in the hat or the boy with the orange shirt?
Or maybe it is the whole group of students.
We are not sure because the photographer didn't do a good job at focusing on the main subject.
EXAMPLE #2
Here is another photo with lots of kids, but no main subject.
EXAMPLE #3
Here one person in the center could be the main subject, but there is so many other things that distract us from her.
For exp. to the left...some kids are running out of the frame ......other kids are running from her.
One way to make this photo better is get rid of details that are not necessary.
EXAMPLE #4
Now we see that the main subject is the lady throwing hay at the boy. This now is a much better photo.
The picture was cropped very close, so that the subject was seen large in the frame.
Note: Depending on the size of your photo, this can be done to some extent, but it is always better to find your subject while you are shooting in order to maintain the integrity of the picture.
It is such a bummer to have a great shot that can't be printed because the image quality is degraded.
So always try to maintain the highest quality image as possible.
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Happy Shooting.
Ariel
