Last week we did some scanning, a lot of scanning, so come Friday evening we had watched thousands of images run through the scanners. Some were from professional photographers but the vast majority were from people like me - keen amateur snappers just wanting to capture life’s precious moments. But it was a lot of jpgs, quite a few tiffs and a good few miles of photo paper.
Relaxing weekend, met up with friends and relatives at a christening where the conversation turned to photography. What, was the question, can the ordinary person do to get better photos?
Having stood looking at the photos slide their way into the mouth of Mr Nikon, Mr Kodak and Mr Epson one simple step was obvious. When taking a photo simply move closer to the subject. Doesn’t matter if its and individual, a small group or a formal wedding image, most people just have too much photographic ‘noise’ around the main subject and as a result the picture is disappointing. Is it meant to be a group shot or a view of the church?
If you’re taking a photo just move one or two steps closer to the subject before you put the camera to your eye; if you have a zoom facility zap straight in then gently come out until the view screen shows only the subject. If you have taken the picture already (maybe its been scanned or it’s a digital photo) open it in your photo editing program and look for the Crop function. That will enable you to cut out all the extra, distracting bits that detract from the photo. Cut it out - in this case less is always more.
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