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Tips To Taking Strong Photos

You don't have to be a professional to take really strong photographs, all you need to know is the basics of compositional structure analysis(sounds big but it's not)

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/tips-to-taking-strong-photos • Posted by Omo

I wanted to show how easy it is to take what you have and make strong photographs with them. These are some photographs of an area a couple of yards from where I live and I used an old lamp pole to help with compositional structure. (This is my first Tutorial so bare with me and if u want any adjustments or explanations just say the word =) I HOPE THAT THIS IS REALLY HELPFULLY(FROM AN ART STUDENT)

You will need

Project Budget
Cheap

Time

0 h 40

Difficulty

Pretty Easy
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Description

I wanted to show how easy it is to take what you have and make strong photographs with them. These are some photographs of an area a couple of yards from where I live and I used an old lamp pole to help with compositional structure. (This is my first Tutorial so bare with me and if u want any adjustments or explanations just say the word =) I HOPE THAT THIS IS REALLY HELPFULLY(FROM AN ART STUDENT)

Instructions

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    Get a piece of paper. I used a piece of paper I found beside me on a desk. The color of the paper doesn't matter to much

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    Fold the paper length ways in the middle. Never mind my horrible unkempt nails.

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    Take your ruler and draw an "L" on the paper. The base of the "L" must be 2inches and the length of it must be 5 inches. Draw your Base line first and start from the part of the folded paper.

  4. Cut out the "L". This will leave you with two L's because u folded the paper. Connect these two "L"s at the end to make a frame with paper clips. This frame can be adjusted from time to time to get whatever size frame you want

  5. Now that you have your frame and that you're happy with it, hold it up to whatever you'll like to take a picture of.

  6. Make sure that the scene through you're frame has a horizontal and vertical coming through the frame in the form of an "L". The horizontal and Vertical must be connected in you're frame

  7. With step six in mind put down the frame take up you're camera and snap the scene. This will leave you with a strong photo and after a while you wont even need the paper frame because you'll start understanding you're camera's frame and how you'd like to align things better within it. I HOPE THIS IS HELPFULL