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Here are some photography tips you may enjoy from Geoff Lawrence.
1.
Turn the Camera on it's Side
At first it feels awkward holding the camera
on it's side, but it is worth getting used to. If the shape of your subject, a
person or a building, fits into an upright rectangle, you waste so much picture
space if you shoot in landscape. You paid for all those millions of pixels, don't
waste them.
2. Framing
One of the easiest ways
to improve your photography is with careful attention to framing. Look into the
corners of the viewfinder to see what is there. Do you need all that background?
Can you get closer to your subject or zoom in?
3.
Direction of Lighting
Photography is all about light, the direction of the
light falling on your subject is most important, you must look at your subject
carefully and see how the shadows fall.
If you are able to choose the time of day to shoot your pictures, try to pick a time when the sun is low in the sky, either shoot in the early morning or late afternoon. Shooting pictures of people with the sun too high in the sky, tends to result in the subject's eyes being in shadow and/or your subject will be squinting in the strong light, both of which tend to look horrible. A nice side effect of shooting in the early morning or late afternoon is that the color of the light is 'warmer', reds and yellows are stronger which generally gives a more pleasing effect.