We’ve all seen people take great pictures. You know the vintage or fancy background, great poses, nice lighting etc. Now not everyone can do that but you can practise. Remember ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’ so let’s show what your picture means.
Here are few simple tips to help you create an eye catching picture.
1) Framing your photo
Use the edges of each element as a guide to frame your photo.
One helpful tip is to line up the edges of certain elements in the frame to create a pathway that leads to your subject. This will make your photos more balanced and give it a strong visual.
Why should you frame a photo?
Framing technique is to draw attention to the subject of your image by blocking other parts of your surroundings. It leads your audience eye towards your main focal point.
It also intrigues your viewer as it’s what you can’t see that’s draws you into the picture as much. It makes people wonder what’s behind your frame which can be effective in attracting your viewer.
2) Use flash during the day
- Fill Flash
Flash doesn’t always have to be used in dark lights or indoors but also can be a benefit during the day. Fill flash can be used when you’re outdoor when the sun can create harsh shadows on your subject of the image. By forcing external light onto your subject, you’ll be able to fill in the ugly shadows and create an event exposure.
Example if the light is sun rays is shining from above, fill flash can add just a bit of sparkle to the eye of the subject.
More beginner’s tips can be found on this website:
https://digital-photography-school.com/shooting-with-an-in-camera-flash/
https://photographylife.com/when-to-use-flash
3) Gridlines
The gridlines on your camera is there for a reason. Gridlines improves your way of taking pictures, it superimposes a series of lines on the screen of your respective phones that are based on the ‘rule of thirds’. ‘Rule of third’ is a composition techniques in photography, it is the breaking of an image down into thirds (both horizontally and vertically) resulting into 9 square parts.
The rule is basically to place your subject in the intersections or along the lines as your photo becomes more balanced and will enable a viewer of the image to interact with it more naturally.
This website has more insights:
https://www.lifewire.com/rule-of-thirds-in-a-grid-camera-mode-493736
4) Embrace Negative space
‘Negative space’ is basically an empty space in a photo that is actually may me made up of objects that are just obscured through the depth of field or exposure. It can be a pivotal for creating strong compositions in photography.
When you put your subject of picture in an empty space, they will stand out more and evoke stronger reaction from your viewer. Negatives spaces can be large expenses of open sky, water, an empty land such as a dessert or a large wall.
5) Symmetry
This technique is one of the simplest way to take picture yet most compelling photos and very pleasing to the eye of the viewer.
Symmetry can be defined as "a vague sense of harmonious and beautiful proportion and balance."
In photography, symmetry refers to a line that splits an object in half and one side mirrors the opposite side exactly.
6) Take Candids
Candids is everyone’s favourite. It captures the emotion set at that time. It captures the beauty at that precise moment whether it’s happy or not. It captures the real essence of a moment.
One way to get candid photos is just to take as many pictures as possible anytime. Don’t even wait for them to pose. Just CLICK CLICK CLICK.
Posed photos can be great for the sake of memories -- happy moments with friends, family, or the occasional run-in with a celebrity. But sometimes, candid shots of people doing things, or people with people, can be far more interesting. You'll have more to choose from, and the best photos often happen when the "stars align," so to speak, in a single moment -- everyone's eyes are open, one person is tilting their head just so, and you finally got a shot of your chronically closed-lip friend smiling with his teeth.
Test it out! Pretty sure you will be wanting to take pictures of every scenes you come across. GO FOR IT! Make beauty out of everything.
