Using a short depth of field will help you compose your photo. It will bring out the subject and make it clearer what you want to point out. When you use a longer depth of field composing will be more complex and you also get the opportunity to use other objects as symbols and what you are telling with the picture.
Be aware of this so you can start telling something with your photo.
I had a conversation about one of my picture about mirroring your photo when you are photo editing. Now and then you get stuck on photo editing and then simply by mirroring the image or turn it black/white you might find new inspiration. I hope that this might be common among photographers.
Here i have turned the image around and showing both mirror-side at the same time. It might feel odd first but you actually get a new perspective on things. Be sure not to have anything in the picture that may give referens. Writings will be turned around and may look odd. So signs in the picture is a no no.
Nature photography is definitely working. You have to try yourself and you will get experience in time.
Use the background fuzzy to enlargen the motif of the photo. You learn how to create depth by having the background fuzzy. Learn how to do this effectively. It is a good way to framing your picture when the frontal layer will be fuzzy.
Be sure to compose your picture right as it is the most important thing and let the viewer see what is important. You can lead him if you know how to.
Try to think in different layers when you are composing your photo. Here i turned the dark fussy dark leaf into foreground to create a layer. Then lifting the sharpness and brightness to the motif and letting the background be again fuzzy.
You will create layers which the viewer find pleasant and worth a round tour. You are creating a small world of your own.
It is sane advice to try to fill the frame so you don´t have to crop the photo later. You will loose too much information so you really have to train to filling the frame with the actual motif.
Also try to learn to selective sharpen so the blurry background stays out of focus. If you sharpen that you will get nasty effects of sharpen noise. If you really need some more blurryness why not try gaussian blur with Gimp or Photoshop.
Remember even though it is probably trickier and harder to learn Gimp saves you alot of money even though now CS5 have produced a student licence where you are allowed to do some professional work. Open Source have made it possible to create almost the same result. I believe there is many pirate copies out.
To do well composed landscape requires a curious man. You sit namely with multi-layer where it is important to have a good composition. Remember that you can get inspiration from the old masters such as Rubens, Rembrandt or Monet. The first and nearest is the foreground.
Here you can simplify with a blurred and / or dark foreground. Both the dark and blurry, will reinforce the perspective. Whether you have a fuzzy or a crisp foreground, keep it simple with few focus points. If you have too much to see your eyes are not led into the picture. Think of it as a prelude to everything about what is to come.
The motif is that you definitely what you should be in focus. You should place it in the middle layer, even if rules are made to be broken. You can also place multiple sub-motif also. If you have a bright motif attempt to have a darker background that can be contrasting. You may allow the subject to clarify an event, create life in the picture.
The background may often contrast with the scene. You may have a blurred background to the subject to show better. You can also let the sharpness spread throughout the image. It then becomes more important with a good composition. Imagine that the landscape will speak to the audience and give a number of dimensions.
Photo Composition is often about small details. It is important to think of angles and lines in the picture. You have to consider what details do for your image. I show here a small difference in how a small change of angle bars viewer’s gaze to a completely different viewing experience.
It is important to think about what makes the details of your image. Photo Composition is very important for you to get the viewer to experience the picture and get more out of it. Remember when you shoot and try to create a feeling. That’s where the difficulty lies in the photograph while being knowledgeable and think that you should create a feeling. It is also what I think is so exciting to photograph.
You should try to fill your photo with the motif. Try always choose a interesting angle to let the viewer have a fresh look. I am trying to get some speed with the soft motif and sharp background. It is probably slightly overexposed. Here i didn’t know how the camera would react. Know your equipment. The camera is still new and i am learning how it react in different situations.
Telling a story with your photos isn’t all what is in the photo but sometimes what is not in your photo. Objects symbolizing and confusing the viewer so that the imagination is running wild. Simply let the viewers imagination tell the story. Do the objects fit together and the void of something letting the viewer imagine the story by him/herself.
Introduce the telling of a story into your pictures. Here you see some strange objects in a hospital corridor. Why are they standing there. Who put them there. What is their story. Start asking yourself what your picture are telling for story.
Three tulips are controlling the space that is the idea behind the photo. I thought that the magic number three would control the image. The photo doesn’t have much empty space and the tulips are placed in the center. As they are in the same color only their number are controlling the inner photo.
The soft tone of the photo also could made an excellent soft tonal photo, but i am in a sharp period and like the sharp tones better. Therefor i also made an C2G variant too. Hmm i think i will create a soft tonal with vingette too just to show the difference.
