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Scrapbooking
Photography
Take
Better Pictures
by
Casey Lee
It’s
true—you can make a beautiful scrapbook with less than
perfect
pictures. However, if you learn to make the most of your photography,
you will find that you spend less time working on embellishing a page
because the pictures will speak for themselves. Digital cameras make it
easy to delete blurry or otherwise bad shots, but you may not get the
second chance to capture your infant’s
precious smile or your
pet’s latest antic. Be armed with your camera at all times,
and
keep a few tried and true rules in your head to take shots that will
stun.
This
is the most talked about photography
technique, and once the mystery is
taken away, you will find that it is also one of the simplest ways to
separate good shots from breath-taking ones. The initial concept is
simple. Imagine you have drawn a tic-tac-toe board in the frame.
Therefore, you have two lines running vertically and two lines running
horizontally, intersecting at four points. Your initial urge is
probably to center an image—and this sometimes proves to be
the
best option—but the four points of intersection are what
professional photographers refer to as “sweet
spots.” Our
eyes are naturally drawn to these places on a page, so when the main
points of a subject matter, such as your cat’s face, fall on
one
of these spots, the picture looks more appealing and balanced. If you
cannot capture this perfectly, you can always crop your photograph when
you scrapbook to help your picture adhere to the rule of thirds.
Remember that you don’t always have to stick to this rule,
but it
may help you find your shot.
The
rule of thirds is not the only composition trick that photographers use
to create beautiful photographs. A lot has to do with subject matter.
Every picture has a background and foreground, but if you cut most of
that out and fill the frame with your subject matter you will usually
have a much better picture. Also, look at the lines in a picture. This
is especially helpful with a landscape shot, because by placing the
horizon on one of the lines you created with the rule of thirds, you
will have a much more effective shot. Diagonal lines should be used to
create interest. For example, railway tracks cutting across the frame
and leading your eye through the sweet spots will give you a better
shot.
Lastly
look
at color. This is important even in black and white
photographs.
Make sure that the light and dark colors are balanced. By doing this
when you take the picture, you will be able to create better pages that
are coordinated to match your photographs, and by following the other
tips your will be able to create better pages in general.
Listen to or read more on scrapbooking photography. Visit
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