10 Tips to Take Your Photos from Good to Great презентация

to include in your photograph, but these can distract the viewer. Whenever possible frame your photo so that it focuses on a single subject.

rule of thirds can create formulaic photos with every subject in the dead center of the image. Break away from perfectly centered images.

Consider that the eye usually moves from left to right in an image, just as it does when reading. Use lines within the photograph to lead your audience to the subject.

option is to build layers in your composition to create a rich viewing experience. Consider this sunrise photo from Africa. The layers include a savannah foreground, the mountain middle ground, and the sun in the distance.

the challenge. You really need to focus on capturing them at ease, which can mean waiting and waiting for an uncanned moment. Other times you need to talk to the subject to get them to relax.

likes, favs and clicks. People love landscapes almost as much as they like dog and kitty pics.
 

for Audi turns a mundane methane gas pump into a much more interesting subject. See how you can frame your subject within the context of a sunrise or sunset to make for more attention-grabbing photos.

is exposure. When you shoot manually, you can choose what to expose in your photo. So when I take a sunset or sunrise pic, I expose for the sun or the most colorful part of the sky.

pull out the rich color. Adjust whites and blacks accordingly. From there, normal edits to vibrancy and contrast finish the job. Also open the shadows in Lightroom to expose the foreground or other dark areas.

"photoshopped" or edited. They are wrong. Some of the most iconic photos were significantly altered in the darkroom.

a raw capture. Editing it made it become a top ten photo on Flickr the day it was published.

buy presets or use a tool like Intensify, you are using filters. When you edit photos using presets, it's an attempt to make them better. Generally, people like the photos more.

end product is rarely what would be considered photography. Differentiation with intent. It’s an opportunity to distinguish yourself with strong, one-of-a-kind images.

for a good black and white photo. But so does a photo with blown out highlights, bad light (for example, your atypical middle of the day shot) or muted tones.

touch up only, instead focusing on the capture. They’ll edit in LightRoom, but just enough to make clean, crisp photographs.

done in the Basic LightRoom panel. I opened the shadows and reduced the highlights. I sharpened the image and punched up the color contrast. Then I enabled lens correction. And that was it.
 

a good capture with a subject that you like even though it's a little fuzzy. Don't do it. The subject needs to be in focus. A fuzzy pic is not a good pic, no matter how strong the subject and composition is.

rule. The first is sentimental value. If that's the case, cool. Memories are precious. The other is if you are intentionally blurring or distorting a photograph. In that case, go for it. Art is art.