This weekend I spoiled myself by going to Taste of Auckland, a food festival and participate in the Canon Food Photography Studio. Food photographer Lottie Hedley was on site to guide us through the process and Little Bird Organics gave us some incredible foods to shoot.
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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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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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
Some sweet memories of Egypt on a visit to the mediterranean city of Alexandria
Leading lines and the s curve can be used to bring depth and movement to you picture drawing people in. With strategic use of lines whether as a curve or perspective lines you help lead the viewers eye into your photograph and create different moods. Continue reading
This month I thought I should share with you some images of the beauty from the Far North of New Zealand where I grew up.
The Rule of Thirds is simple really – the idea is that you place your subject or main point of interest in one of the four points created when you cut an image into thirds or on the third lines. Lets use this image of a butterfly I took to see the different it can make to the composition of an image by the position of the butterfly.
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