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"
Hi, I'm in second year photography and I totally agree that the angle and composition of a photo matter. Depending on what angle the photo is taken the photo might have a different feeling or message.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your input Polina, I totally agree. Photo angles definitely play a huge part in the feeling you are trying to convey with your photograph. Like it said in my book, high Angles make things seem smaller, and lower angles make things seem larger.
DeleteGreetings, Ian Niblack, I strongly agree with your statement about high angles and low angles. Your blog has revealed some key elements you need in order to develop professional photographer type photos. Might I ask where shall subjects in photos be placed for the greatest effect on the audience?
ReplyDeleteThank you Jerico! Subject placement in photography is really an objective idea, because it's all about the feeling that you as the photographer, are trying to convey. You could place the subject in the middle of the frame to get the scenery on both sides, or anywhere else depending on what YOU are trying to capture and highlight within your photo.
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