6 Things to Keep In Mind While Photographing

1. Fill the frame:

    As Robert Capa said:

“ If your photos aren't good enough, then you’re not close enough.”

   It’s important to full the frame what ever you’re working in any medium but photography demands it a little bit more than any other medium because leaving a frame empty looks not that much creative as the complete filled frame does. When your object occupies the whole frame it sometimes gives an outcome of some abstract representation of your actual object. 

    2. Rule of thirds:

Designers, photographer and almost every artist use this guideline to compose their artworks, this rule is also known as rule of thumb. As composition is a very vital part of the photography, well composed objects can make your photograph looks energetic and lively as the focal (active) point are four and by placing your objects on them or adjacent to them can create your photo looks entirely perfect and flawless.

As Matt Hardy said:

“Beauty can be seen in all things, seeing and composing the beauty is what separates the snapshot from the photograph.”

It’s true that composing things with intelligence is important to make a photograph, snapshot can be taken by anyone but they are few who can compose objects cleverly.

  3. Source of Light:

While taking pictures it is important to keep in mind that what is the source of light and where your position will be to capture the object. Light in your photograph can brand your image in both ways either negatively or positively. It’s  a key to take a good photograph to remember that the source of light would not be against your camera because then your end product will be a silhouette and no doubt they looks very creative and artistic sometimes but not every time. Light can be artificial or the natural one but more important is that how you treat it and how you understand it. Understanding light is as significant in photography is like a good composition in it, by adding both things in your photo you can create a masterpiece.

1 4. Take photos regularly:

As Percy W. Harris said:

“Skill in photography is acquired by practice and not by purchase.”

As practice makes a man perfect its same in photography that you might be a best photographer by practicing it. Although according to me photography is not all about practicing it but still you can do tremendous work by shooting regularly.

As Henri Cartier-Bresson said:

“Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.”

So just think that taking 10,000 pictures is not an easy task to do. So try shooting on regular basis to complete the total of your worst pictures and after it you can take good pictures too. 

  4. Understanding your camera:

Along with the importance of visual impact, meaning and thoughtfulness in photograph mechanical and technical excellence is essential too because it’s impossible that without knowing how to function your camera, you just start capturing things nicely. So there are few things to get control on them and then you’ll be a good a photographer soon.  

·         Aperture

·         Auto/manual focus

·         Depth of feel

·         ISO

You can Google these functions to learn about them and you may download tutorials.

6. Technology does not matter:

In photography technical rightness is important somehow but only in primary basis. Your value of instrument (camera) is important but more important is your own creativity. 

As Arnold Newman said:

“A lot of photographers think that if they buy a better camera they’ll be able to take better photographs. A better camera won’t do a thing for you if you don’t have anything in your head or in your heart.”

Still Camera 8x10 format

Yes its true in all approaches, you can take examples from the photographers who had used the 8 x 10 camera with almost 50 times less functions in them as compared to the cameras now we use, the photographers includes Ansel Adams, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, Edward Weston etc. they all were great photographers not because they had overpriced camera or they prefer the machine over creativity, they were creative by their own selves.

here are few photographs taken my this camera:

may be it's true that there are no rules, no guidelines, no restrictions and no limitations for photographers. 

as Ansel Adams said “

“There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.”