Composition tips in photography

 Composition tips

Composition is the most important thing in photography. Here i will tell you some tips that will help you to make better photos.

1. Rule of thirds :

This is a very important rule in composition. Most of the beginners don't think about it that every time they place a subject in the center of the frame, hmmm that's also ok, but make it something more interesting and balanced. This rule is about aspects differentiation that help you to click better looking photos and don't capture the subject slap-bang in the middle of the frame give some space in front of it.

look at  this particular picture that i captured by placing the subject in the middle of frame and see how it looks like below↓

     

                You just imagine yourself to divide your view finder into vertical and horizontal lines and arrange your photo early into those lines, so when you divide your view finder you'll get 4 crossing lines dots keep your subject any one of those dots just like below example of what rule of thirds is ↓

   If you can put the key bit of your either your subject, or the key bit of your image. Sometimes you get confused of which side of the photo do you put your subject on which point. That depends on your subject and the way of your thinking what the subject is moving forward give some space in front of your subject.

          And here the problem is if you shooting with center focusing point what will happen according to rule of thirds the subject is at any of the thirds in the frame so the subject may doesn't focused sharply, nothing to worry about it here i will tell you a tip over here, just place the center focusing point on the subject and then half press the shutter release button and you hear a beep which means the target subject is locked focus and now you recompose the frame according to rule of thirds and then clitchaak📸.

here you see the example below↓

Aim the center focusing point at the subject and lock it by half pressing the shutter release button and then recompose. look at the below image for example↓

2. Horizons

Some people just have an inability to hold the camera exactly square  and most of the beginners just concentrates on the focusing and other camera settings but they don't notice that how the frame is so they sometimes they took pictures just it wonky particularly when landscapes just look at the image below for example ↓

here this picture is not exactly a square,  some people think that's ok i will do that in the post processing later on but that's not a good idea to manipulate your picture i will tell you why you will loss the pixels beneath the every detailed edge just look at the image below for example ↓ 

This is because of rotation of the frame you better adjust the frame as a square while taking the pictures cropping the images doesn't give you a better results so always try to do it in the field look at the below image same as that monkey which i took that with a square.

it's a perfect square and looking good, make sure while you taking the pictures take a bit extra time and compose well.

3.Backgrounds :

I always consider the background for good looking  of an image and that's important to, either i do shallow it or a bit focusing depending upon the subject and the background colors and which purpose do i shooting, it's quite common to make mistake as a beginner because your fully excited of camera and taking pictures in that way you may miss some simple thing like these but when you came back for post processing then you'll notice some distractive backgrounds behind the subject and then you can't do anything look at the below image for example 

look at this particular image that i took without having an idea what is in the background, here you observe the model T-Shirt color is white and the background car color is also white it's a bit the car is more lit in the background and it's really dominating my model that's not an impressive shot but if you took extra 10 seconds to check the background and  compose for a better background the image will be awesome let's look at this image below ↓

Look at here at this image the background color is green so here my subject is looking great and perfect just like it was popping out effect and that's really cool make sure while you taking the pictures what is behind your subject and go for another ways of framing a good background.

4. Framing

Framing is another important thing that you must take care of your subjects and frame your scene according to the other elements in your surroundings one another interestingly to bring more realistic naturel looking to your images look at the image below ↓ 

Look at this it's good focused and nice image, but take some extra seconds to frame this image looks more interesting. Keep the key bit subjects in front of the frame don't get off all the elements try to put something that what makes your image interesting, in front of the camera and highlight the main subject  that's a very good technique to fall of from the edges to popup the main subject by keeping the key elements in front of the lenses here we used the tree small branches for this, look at the below image for example ↓ 

Here what you observed the branches in front of the lens defocused but the main subject is in sharp focus, this kind of framing gives a good bokeh effect to your images and it's sign of perfect imprint on your pictures just think and look through different frames and then you hit the shutter.

5.Fill the frame

sometimes i think about my pictures that i was framed the unnecessary space in the pictures, look at the image below ↓

here you look at this particular picture that unwanted things also came into the frame there's a yellow t-shirt is left beside the model and a bit of road is also came into the frame which i really don't need because of all these the model in the frame not highlighted, 

Look at this image everything is fit exactly  and the model is highlighted here and it's very interesting imprint to look at it because it's very detailed and cropped exactly, most of the people have this urge to try and fit everything in all the extremities and often the most important part if you could. Just concentrate on that it's gonna be the much more beautiful picture what you are going to shoot, make sure that any unwanted things in frame and fit to better looking aspect of the image.

6.Leading lines 

It is any line that coming into your photo from the outside edges to your subject and it serves to guide your eye through the photo, it make the great impact on your picture to look at the subject just look at the below image for example.

 It all just ties together very neatly otherwise some photos can just feels like a bit dis joint, but these leading lines are the very good technique to bring life to the subject in the image, look at another example below for a best shot with perfect leading line is 🡻  

If you can link things up with a line it often looks better. You will not have convenient leading lines around your scene but if you look for them you will find something, take a bit more time and then compose you will definitely get an awesome shot.

7. Avoid Eye level shooting

This composition tip is just say's that try not to take every single photo from a normal vision. we normally look at the things from the eyes, the same when you look at the picture doesn't give you a good impression, standing up height shooting gives you mostly boring images. So try to getting up high or getting down low can be a way just add a whole new angle of interest to your photos completely different perspective. Otherwise the picture look like a boring subject perhaps. look at the image below for example.

Go and practice by shooting  with different angles and figure out the new stunning images 

you will only notice the things how you did it in the post production of your image but that will not be a most exciting subject by the normal eye level, look at the below image for example.

This picture looking more interesting and good aspect of view, i took this image from the  subject eye level, we always look through the viewfinder at the point of where the subject eye located height, and see the magic of your pictures it was really so good to see thing in their aspect at least, if you are not trying to do some creative angle you should always try to get  down to the same height of whatever it is your photograph.

Look for details

It's a part of fun of being a photographer. i think you start to spot little things that other people didn't even notice and then when you get a shoot a photo, something like that, it's amazing, everyone just feel something interesting how did you even see that! most of the people wonder what an amazing picture with good detail, when you walking in a forest search for those kind of small details and shoot macros look at the picture below which i captured in forest 🡻 

Keep your eye out for little details and textures and things like that they can be good photos, i found these eggs type larva at the bottom part of that leaf, i don't have a macro lens at that moment but i did it well, here you look below for another example 

This picture was i took suddenly without telling the model he's commonly getting into the car and then my shutter speed also at the good number to freeze that moment, everything is fine and just clicked boom it was fantastic shot clean and sharply focused. Sometimes look for this kind of crazy shots.

Go for Vertical photos too

Taking the verticals also most of the beginners just ever take horizontal photos and that's a bit sad because some subjects just fit a vertical frame a whole lot better even long sweeping  landscape or extreme close landscapes shots just like below 

If you see this picture is good but you can still take it in a vertical frame of this particular image, because it looks good and perfect but why don't we try for a vertical one that may give you a better look that we didn't imagine and that works good. As a photographer i  always take a horizontal and vertical versions of photos and that's what i wonder to get an awesome photos better than one other and they were really fair enough look at the below image for example that the same image captured in vertical version and see how it looks like and compare.

Break The Rules

All the rules what i explained you sometimes doesn't give you better images all the time depending upon the scene whatever your framing to get. So here the photography is a creative outlet, it's not like a pharmacy. Where you have a procedure to do an experiment to yield medicine and you better double check that you've got every single one done otherwise you will not get a accurate medicine and you gonna kill someone. but the photography is fun especially with digital you can try all these different settings and weird angles that you're pretty sure i'm going to work at all for example look at this picture of a model

 That's so cool i know you might hate it i don't mind it though i can imagine it turning up in a magazine somewhere most of the magazine cover photos are very creative that they don't follow or reference anyone which means they took something very new but that looks really crazy enough they doesn't meets any rules and still looks better for all aspects. we know it breaks every rule feel free to break any rules when your own set of composition demanding among all these rules and you confident about the scene that you're going take a wonderful picture.

Photographer : Puvvukonvict

Models : Raghu, Sai kiran, Anil K

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