composition
Fill the Frame It’s often said that if you can’t make something good, make it big. By filling the frame with your subject there’s no mistaking your centre of interest – although good compositional techniques, such as placing a key feature on a point of power, still apply. If you’re finding it hard to get inspired by a scene, big, bold, confi dent framing is a great starting point to getting you fi red up. Get in close – then get in closer still… Make use of clothing and props to help your subject ‘flesh out’ the image. Leave a hint of background to give the impression that they’re almost too big for the frame. If you can’t get in close, expand the presence of your subject in the frame using reflections or shadows. In real photgraphy crop tool will be the best friend. Because after taken a pleasing shot, only to discover on closer scrutiny later that you’ve snipped off a part of your main subject, or an ugly piece of background’s sneaked in on the edge of the frame. It’s far better to crop for a tighter shot altogether. Don’t spend precious hours trying to rebuild it in Photoshop – just go for a closer, more dynamic crop.
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