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By booyaabooyaabooyaa | April 22, 2006
this appears to be the starting point for when people change from being a mere snapper to a photographer. basically it means you’re thinking about the entire picture, not just your subject matter.
i’m still learning this lesson. but today seem to be a turning point for me in terms of me understanding how to get the picture i want. often i’ve seen a scene that looks great, but in post production i discovered i’ve unintentionally clipped the picture…
…in this case the tips of cranes.
another favourites is branches sneaking into the frame…
sometimes this can’t be helped, simply because there’s physical constraint, in this case was another tree to the left of me that wouldn’t budge!
so today i was faced with this (you may need to click on the link to see the picture in its entirety to see what the problem is) ….
let’s ignore the car for the moment. there are a lot of construction work taking place in london and as a result of this, there are cranes all over the place, including this picture.
after taking the picture i noticed the crane. which meant i had included in the picture. so whilst went to take another picture, this time switching layout to landscape (which i think suits the subject matter), i moved in and right so the spire next to crane obscured it.
so what about the car? rather crop it, i will come back another day and take the picture. there have lots of times where i’ve walked away from a great scene, simply because the variables weren’t right. it happens.
so next time you take a picture. look at the scene you’ve just photographed. was there something there that shouldn’t have been? i’m not saying you should review the picture in your lcd viewer (it’s far too small to catch details like this). just take a moment and look at the scene in front of you.
the chances are you’ll either spot things that could detract from your picture. if you do, work out how you plan on avoid this problem and snap again.
[tags]composition, technique[/tags]
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