How To Take A Perfect Scrapbook Picture
by krystal Phelps
It's true-you can make a beautiful
scrapbook with less than perfect pictures. However, if you learn
to make the most of your photography, you will find that you
spend less time working on embellishing a page because the
pictures will speak for themselves. Digital cameras make it easy
to delete blurry or otherwise bad shots, but you may not get the
second chance to capture your infant's precious smile or your
pet's latest antic. Be armed with your camera at all times, and
keep a few tried and true rules in your head to take shots that
will stun.
This is the most talked about photography
technique, and once the mystery is taken away, you will find that
it is also one of the simplest ways to separate good shots from
breath-taking ones. The initial concept is simple. Imagine you
have drawn a tic-tac-toe board in the frame. Therefore, you have
two lines running vertically and two lines running horizontally,
intersecting at four points. Your initial urge is probably to
center an image-and this sometimes proves to be the best
option-but the four points of intersection are what professional
photographers refer to as "sweet spots." Our eyes are
naturally drawn to these places on a page, so when the main
points of a subject matter, such as your cat's face, fall on one
of these spots, the picture looks more appealing and balanced. If
you cannot capture this perfectly, you can always crop your
photograph when you scrapbook to help your picture adhere to the
rule of thirds. Remember that you don't always have to stick to
this rule, but it may help you find your shot.
The rule of thirds is not the only
composition trick that photographers use to create beautiful
photographs. A lot has to do with subject matter. Every picture
has a background and foreground, but if you cut most of that out
and fill the frame with your subject matter you will usually have
a much better picture. Also, look at the lines in a picture. This
is especially helpful with a landscape shot, because by placing
the horizon on one of the lines you created with the rule of
thirds, you will have a much more effective shot. Diagonal lines
should be used to create interest. For example, railway tracks
cutting across the frame and leading your eye through the sweet
spots will give you a better shot.
Lastly look at color. This is important
even in black and white photographs. Make sure that the light and
dark colors are balanced. By doing this when you take the
picture, you will be able to create better pages that are
coordinated to match your photographs, and by following the other
tips your will be able to create better pages in general.
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