Changing perspective is something that is often overlooked in photography, but can really make a difference in your photos. Continue reading
Composition: Change Perspective
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Out & About: Milford Sound
Composition: Framing
Framing images is something that I am naturally drawn to in creating images. When I was painting many of the works I created included visual framing through windows or archways so that naturally flowed over into my photography and I find many of my travel and architectural photographs include this.
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Out & About: Spring Flowers
Composition: Cropping
Usually I would consider cropping as a part of post production in my work flow, but there is much to be said for taking the time to “crop” your images while you are taking them. Simply put you pay more attention to what is happening in the image and try to remove distracting elements, move in closer or change your perspective to create a tighter cropped image with more focus on the main subject.
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Out & About: Queenstown
Composition: Symmetry and Balance
On doing research on balance and symmetry I have found that people tend to lump them together as one and the same and although there are similarities in some ways I find the two quite different in how I would approach them.
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Out & About – At The Rodeo
A super fun way to spend a day doing photography to head out to a rodeo and it gives you lots of chance to try out different techniques.
Kailua Kona
Kailua Kona
Kailua Kona
Composition: Beware of Mergers
This is a very simple thing photographers should be aware of when taking photos, but it is so easy to be distracted with your main subject you forget to check the rest of the frame for mergers. The most common places people would notice mergers would be something like a tree or pole coming out of some ones head or things cutting into the edge of the frame. Sometimes mergers can not be avoided, but more often than not a simple changing of your position or that or your subject can solve the problem. Continue reading
