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<\/a><\/p>\nTypically if your subject is large, for example, the Washington Monument, the shuttle Discovery, or a whale, it will only serve to dwarf the person you care about to the size of a baby chicken. \u00a0Your end goal is to see them both.<\/p>\n
How do you accomplish this? \u00a0By placing your subject about 6-10 feet in front of you, and filling the background with the cool thing you’re experiencing.<\/p>\n
After my daughter ran to the shuttle to have her photo taken, I asked her to walk back toward me until she was big enough to be identifiable.<\/p>\n
That’s already about 500 times better. Because really we know what the space shuttle looks like – the point is that Melody was in the same room and was like, “wow, that’s really big.” \u00a0So the most important thing is really the person, and that you be able to recognize (but not see every detail) of the thing behind them.<\/p>\n Next, we want to move her over a little. The image is unbalanced because she’s directly in front of it. Roughly, we want to follow the Rule of Thirds, which says that\u00a0an image is most visually pleasing when the subject is placed in the intersection of grid lines or on a grid line that cuts through the image\u00a0when it is divided into thirds.<\/p>\n All rules are made to be broken at some point, but in general this is true. \u00a0Notice that the shuttle nose is at an intersection and Melody is on a line. \u00a0This is more visually pleasing than when they’re aligned. \u00a0Thanks for bearing with the snapshot quality images. \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0I wanted it to be realistic… and I thought it would be weird to carry a lighting umbrella around.<\/p>\n Next you’ll want to play around with different angles. \u00a0It’s easy to take an image from just one spot and move along, but there’s a process to figuring out the best possible image. \u00a0This is one part of what separates a good photographer from a bad one – a good photographer is not afraid to experiment with new ideas or to withhold them from public view.<\/p>\n Try moving to the side of an object to see if you like the perspective better.<\/p>\n Or\u00a0squatting down and shooting up for a unique angle (just avoid photographing boogers).<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n