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Once you have mastered the settings on your Digital SLR Camera, this guide will help you understand the elements of good composition and give you specific techniques and tips for a range of photographic genres. This easy to understand guide uses a mix of descriptive text, images and diagrams.
Peter Edwards
Peter holds a Diploma in Professional Photography from the Photography Institute and has been a photographer for over 50 years. Now retired from a business career, he indulges his passion for photography by travelling to all parts of the world taking photographs to expand his portfolio and provides professional architectural photography services. As well as writing photography books, he writes travel books. He welcomes feedback and questions. He can be contacted at petersedwards@bigpond.com.
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Take Control, Go Manual Part 2 - Peter Edwards
Take Control, Go Manual Part 2
Composition and Shooting Techniques using your Digital SLR Camera
Peter S. Edwards
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Copyright 2013 Peter S. Edwards
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
COMPOSITION
PREVISUALIZATION
SHOOTING TECHNIQUES
LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY
SPECIFIC LANDSCAPE TIPS
HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGING (HDRI OR HDR)
BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY
PET PHOTOGRAPHY
SHOOTING LOW LIGHT
MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY
SPORT PHOTOGRAPHY
SEASCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY
WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY
FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY
USEFUL ACCESSORIES
REVIEW OF YOUR IMAGES
FEEDBACK
QUESTIONS
INTRODUCTION
Photography requires two main skills. Firstly the ability to shoot technically great pictures and after studying Part 1 of this guide and successfully completing the assignments, you will be well equipped to learn the second skill. The second skill requires creative ability and Part 2 of this guide is designed to give you an understanding of composition and some practical techniques and tips to help you understand how to use your newly acquired technical skills to produce creative pictures. I learnt much of this the hard way by trial and error but also from tips I picked up along the way from other photographers.
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COMPOSITION
Good composition is the key to producing great images however it is often difficult to look at an image and define what makes it great. Let us look at some of the elements of composition to help break it down so you can recognize these elements when employed in any image that you view. These elements are things to consider when shooting an image but you would not necessarily incorporate all of them into every image.
DEPTH OF FIELD
We discussed this topic in Part 1 but more in terms of how to create different depths of field rather than why. Depth of Field (DoF) can drastically impact the composition of an image. Using a shallow depth of field can make the subject stand out from the background (or foreground). It can also put the same subject into context, revealing its surroundings when using a wider depth of field. As we discussed in Part 1, depth of field is affected by aperture, distance from your subject and your lens focal length but is independent of shutter speed. This is illustrated below:
tmp_5d725f620132bbee5c2bdbdd740e9fc7_ipjln9_html_373a4a47.jpgShallow DoF - f/5.6, Focal length 370mm
tmp_5d725f620132bbee5c2bdbdd740e9fc7_ipjln9_html_58370141.jpgWider DoF - f/6.3, Focal length 105mm
LINES
Lines have the power to draw the eye to key focal points in a shot and to improve the composition.
Lines that are diagonal, vertical, horizontal or converging all impact images differently. So when visualizing the image and subsequently framing it, use these lines to lead the viewer’s eyes to point(s) of interest.
tmp_5d725f620132bbee5c2bdbdd740e9fc7_ipjln9_html_m2a34e629.jpgThis shot has perfect symmetry as well as several lines leading to the main point of interest.
PATTERNS
There