Photo Composition, and use of angles - Ian Niblack

In my book, Photography: The guide to taking beautiful digital pictures, photographs and compositions, I have learned so much. So, I decided to share with you about what I have learned regarding angles and photo composition.

In Photo composition, you are supposed to imagine (Or Utilize) a 6 section grid overlaying your photo as you're taking and editing photographs. The grid is used to guide where your place your subject within the frame. If you about how to line up the subjects features to where they should be on the grid, then you can keep your photos from looking tacky and unprofessional. But as soon as you properly line up the subject, you photo can look 10x better. Certain parts of the subject should not be cut off by the frame, like the top of their head, or any of their joints. (You can see how i used to this to help make my photo look more professional below)

I also used a low angle. When using angles, you have to consider what parts of the subject you are trying to capture, as well as how you want them to look within the image. In my photo below, I used a low angle to help capture the size of the mountain compared to the small subjects. With the way my subjects are approaching the mountain and looking onward, it really makes this candid shot feel hopeful and brave, as if the subjects are going to "conquer the mountain"

Skiing: The international Parallel Technique

I've been skiing for around 6 years and when i was learning how to ski my dad aught my sister and me from his own experiences but he never knew there were many techniques for beginners. The International Parallel Technique (TIP) teaches you how to do smooth turns on an easy intermediate slop at the end of 5 days. Each is divided into 2 sections: morning and afternoon exercises. Each day focuses on different techniques for skiing. By the end of the 5 days if you followed the instructions you should be able to ski down an easy intermediate slope (a blue slope).

"The goal of the International Parallel Technique, which is described in this section, is for you to be making an easy intermediate slope at the end of five days" (Heckelman, 19).

Day 1- morning: beginner exercise
            afternoon: traverse
Day 2- morning: sidesliding
            afternoon: skating and learning to ride ski lifts

Basic downhill turns

Day 3- morning: uphill turns
            afternoon: pressure turns
Day 4- morning and afternoon: parallel turns downhill
Day 5- morning: linked parallel turns on gentle slopes
            afternoon: linked parallel turns on intermediate slopes

As you practice these exercises to develop basic skills, you at the same time perfecting advanced skiing capacities.

Basic skills to get comfortable on the skies