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How can we make our PHOTOGRAPHS more trendy?
How to Take and How to Make a Good - Hopefully GREAT - Photo
This simple, yet very thoughful, technique will allow you to consistently take and make good photos; and, on occasion a really GREAT universal appeal photo like those seen in the top magazines like National Geographic.
First - Take lots of photos often using these simple techniques. Only share the good photos with others. You never go into a professional photo studio and see their worst photos only their very, very best. Some of the photos that some professional photo studios display are at least a decade old. Good photos and Great photos are Timeless Photos, especially when their appeal is Universal, which simply means they appeal to everyone.
Second - Know your subject and have only one subject in your photo - exception when you have an engaged couple who always seem to be almost glued together. Of course, your subject can be a group of people or a vintage auto or a group of vintage autos. This is one of the reasons Kodak says to move in close. When a photographer moves in close she or he focuses more and more on the subject, and removes some distractions on the top, bottom, and both sides. You have heard think outside of the box; here I am saying think inside of the box. Every photo is in a box - usually a portrait (vertical) or a landscape (horizontal) box. When doing your photo editing learn to "CROP" or move in closer to your subject digitally. See if it would be better to crop the photo vertically or horizontally - for awhile try this on all of the photos you edit, just to see the difference. In photo editing a lot of the editing is done in one's thinking and old fashion trial and error and redo, redo, and redo.
Third - Draw attention to the subject. Do what you can to help draw your viewer's interest to your subject. "Rule of Thirds" can put life into a still photo. Example: A sailboat will look better having an ocean or a lake to sail into; not sail into the edge of the photo. Eliminate all distractions from your subject. Avoid taking a photo where a tree or some other object seems to be growing out of a person's head. Simple backgrounds work best. When taking a photo of a person use your camera to meter the light coming from the subject and press the little hold exposure button most new cameras have then step back and focus, be still, and very easily squeeze the take picture button. If you move the camera you will get a blur that no photo editing program can fix.
You are on your way to taking and making good, hopefully great, photos. Take lots and lots of photos - share only the good and great ones with others. From a National Geographic magazine editor: "Out of 1,000 photos submitted only 1 is selected for being in the magazine." Now you know NGs secret for great photos in their magazines - a lot of good photos submitted, a lot of time spent evaluating, looking for that "universal" appeal, and truly great photos to really enjoy taking time to look at and feel. Put some "WOW" into making more and selecting the best to share with others. Digital makes it very cost effective to do so with no cost for film or slides.
Practice, then practice more. Ask: "How could I focus more interest on the subject?" - Actually it is not too late to do so since we now have relatively easy to use photo editing software.
Over 100 years ago on a San Francisco street car was a sign in Chinese that said "a picture is worth 10,000 words" and noted it was a Chinese Proverb. I don't know whether it was truly a Chinese Proverb or not - what I do know is that a picture with a clear universal subject very easily can be worth 10,000 or more words.
Keep up the great work of improving your photos with great thinking on how you will make your photo subjects stand out with WOW!
Please enjoy a wonderful photographic day!
Mike M.
www.esty.com/shop/WOWPhoto
This simple, yet very thoughful, technique will allow you to consistently take and make good photos; and, on occasion a really GREAT universal appeal photo like those seen in the top magazines like National Geographic.
First - Take lots of photos often using these simple techniques. Only share the good photos with others. You never go into a professional photo studio and see their worst photos only their very, very best. Some of the photos that some professional photo studios display are at least a decade old. Good photos and Great photos are Timeless Photos, especially when their appeal is Universal, which simply means they appeal to everyone.
Second - Know your subject and have only one subject in your photo - exception when you have an engaged couple who always seem to be almost glued together. Of course, your subject can be a group of people or a vintage auto or a group of vintage autos. This is one of the reasons Kodak says to move in close. When a photographer moves in close she or he focuses more and more on the subject, and removes some distractions on the top, bottom, and both sides. You have heard think outside of the box; here I am saying think inside of the box. Every photo is in a box - usually a portrait (vertical) or a landscape (horizontal) box. When doing your photo editing learn to "CROP" or move in closer to your subject digitally. See if it would be better to crop the photo vertically or horizontally - for awhile try this on all of the photos you edit, just to see the difference. In photo editing a lot of the editing is done in one's thinking and old fashion trial and error and redo, redo, and redo.
Third - Draw attention to the subject. Do what you can to help draw your viewer's interest to your subject. "Rule of Thirds" can put life into a still photo. Example: A sailboat will look better having an ocean or a lake to sail into; not sail into the edge of the photo. Eliminate all distractions from your subject. Avoid taking a photo where a tree or some other object seems to be growing out of a person's head. Simple backgrounds work best. When taking a photo of a person use your camera to meter the light coming from the subject and press the little hold exposure button most new cameras have then step back and focus, be still, and very easily squeeze the take picture button. If you move the camera you will get a blur that no photo editing program can fix.
You are on your way to taking and making good, hopefully great, photos. Take lots and lots of photos - share only the good and great ones with others. From a National Geographic magazine editor: "Out of 1,000 photos submitted only 1 is selected for being in the magazine." Now you know NGs secret for great photos in their magazines - a lot of good photos submitted, a lot of time spent evaluating, looking for that "universal" appeal, and truly great photos to really enjoy taking time to look at and feel. Put some "WOW" into making more and selecting the best to share with others. Digital makes it very cost effective to do so with no cost for film or slides.
Practice, then practice more. Ask: "How could I focus more interest on the subject?" - Actually it is not too late to do so since we now have relatively easy to use photo editing software.
Over 100 years ago on a San Francisco street car was a sign in Chinese that said "a picture is worth 10,000 words" and noted it was a Chinese Proverb. I don't know whether it was truly a Chinese Proverb or not - what I do know is that a picture with a clear universal subject very easily can be worth 10,000 or more words.
Keep up the great work of improving your photos with great thinking on how you will make your photo subjects stand out with WOW!
Please enjoy a wonderful photographic day!
Mike M.
www.esty.com/shop/WOWPhoto
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