Train the Trainer - Photography Basics - Beyond the Snapshot

Aim of this Session:

• To help you improve upon your current photography skills, and to alert you of standard techniques and to apply them in practice.

By the end of this session you should:

• Be aware of some of the key photography rules
• Be able to apply these rules to your own photos
• Hopefully take nicer photographs.

What makes these following images stand out:







The thing which makes images stand out from others is that they have a good composition, a photo's composition can be broken down to rules:

• Focus
• Rule of Thirds
• Lines
• Headroom

Focus
Might seem obvious, but keeping prominent parts of the image in focus:



Rule of Thirds:
The golden rule of thirds, keep areas of interest at every third of the image.



Lines:
Another technique to gain interest in key areas of a photo. Use lines to guide the viewers eyes to key areas of the image. (below the path attracts the viewers eyes to the rider)



Headroom:
Leaving too little or too much space around an object. (below the object is to small compared to its surroundings, doesn't attract your eye's attention)



Further reading:

Top 10 Photography Composition rules:
http://www.amateursnapper.com/photography/10-top-photography-composition-rules
Rules of photo composition:
http://www.colorpilot.com/comp_rules.html

Please feel free to leave comments if you require any further information in certain areas.