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By Joseph Fisher


One of the basic and most crucial aspects of the digital photography lessons is mastering the picture frame. When artists and photographers mention "the frame, " they are usually referring to the edges of the image, not the container that holds the image. This is a regular term in empowerment photography.

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.

Here are some of my favorite easy techniques to learn. These digital photography lessons have been the most effective at improving my skills. Changing the Angle - If you are like I once was, you look into the view finder of the camera, the horizon is straight and "snap" you take the picture. I have to admit how drab my photos were. To increase interest in the photograph, tilt the camera about 45 degrees.

Leading Lines - You can improve your photos by pulling the viewer's eye into the photo. A simple way is employing leading lines. It could be something as simple as a railroad track or road. You could use the edge of a building, a fence or anything else that grabs the viewer's eye and pulls them in.

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.

Use macro lenses if you love to shoot insects, small subjects, and all minute objects. Then lastly, if you want to have the sharpest result as possible, use prime lenses. A prime lens does not have a zoom feature, so it means that they only have one focal point. But the good thing with prime lenses is that their glass is so wide opened that they provide for a greater depth of field as compared to other lenses.

Creative input is the real magic to creating amazing photographs - ones that have that elusive "WOW" factor. In creative we are concerned with things like lighting, posing, composition, and so on. So, there you have it... Photography in a nutshell. It consists of aperture size and shutter speed which are mechanical operations for the most part. That's why cameras are able to have settings like aperture priority, shutter priority and full automatic.

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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