So, I am back with more simple photography tips which are camera independent. They will work with any camera you use. If you wish to look at previous tips, here are part I and part II of the series.
Keeping the Horizon Straight
I was not even aware that I used to mess up my horizons till a friend from Egypt on Twitter pointed it out to me. After that I guard my horizons with zeal. I am using a tilted one as an example in this picture. You can see that I have tilted the horizon to the left in this seascape from Maldives.
How to correct this? Thankfully most of the editing software provide a simple option of ‘straighten’ and I use it. While clicking I try to align my camera straight with any horizontal line that I can find in the scene. This is a simple mistake to correct as long as we are aware of it.
What is Your Subject?
Every photograph is usually about something, some subject. It need not be a single person or thing. But it is our job as a photographer to make the focus clear, what we wish to draw the attention to.
Whereas look at the picture above. I was standing by the Jordan River on the Jordan side and a ceremony was taking place on Israel side which we could see. The gentleman in the center is a priest and the guy to his left was drenched in water. And everyone else is clicking a picture of ceremony. But can the picture tell this? No, it just looks like a bunch of people with no clear subject if you just look at the picture! I click a lot of these but I simply don’t post them online.
Keep the Background Clean
Backgrounds matter, they matter a lot. So whenever I can, I try to find a clean background. It usually happens by moving around. For this shot there were other plants nearby but I moved a little till I could get the flowers and the grass and nothing else in the frame.
So how did you find the tips for this week?
Teacher, I find the tips for this week very simple for photography but I am confused how to jaldi jaldi select settings when a subject is moving and I have to click its photo? Any simple tips?
Tushar I would use the sports mode if I had to go for an auto function. That way I can shoot in burst and get many images in a few seconds. For manual I would need to knwo more about your camera.
– Night time
– very less light
– and a subject moving fast
Digital camera settings having sports/manual mode?
Tushar night time is very tricky, I won’t be able to take that picture without flash.
Thanks again for sharing the tips Mridula…they are quite helpful 🙂
Happy to hear that you find them useful.
Very useful Tips!
Thank you Sreedhar ji.
Good ones ! Simple but very important
Thank you Apurva.
Yet another valuable tips. Thanks Mridula 😉
Thank you for stopping by Gowtham.
Thanks for sharing the tips. Lesser mortals like myself are always looking for the free tips 😛
Avinash 😀 Thank you for the feedback 😛
valuable photography tips. I could not read your previous posts in this regard but now will read them very early.
Thank you Yogi, I hope you will find something useful.
very nice tips….as a general user of camera these tips are very useful…..
Thank you Hitesh, that is the idea, to document tips that anyone can use.
Lovely tips…. Useful for beginners !
Yes Ree, that is the level it is pitched at.
Very useful tips! in fact your first tip about horizon seems quite apt as in the hurry of clicking a picture we often end up messing a horizon. Thanks for the useful post!
Thank you Ratna, happy to know that you liked it.
Hi Mridula! These tips are superb, especially for an amateur like me. Thank you for guiding me 🙂
Hi Tara, thank you for the feedback. All of us are learning 😀
very good tips……this tips are useful for me…….thanks for share it…….
Thank you Amul.
Superb! Love the way you have explained them 🙂
TC! Keep smiling 🙂
Thank you so much Sindhu.
Lovely shots – I enjoyed them.
Thank you Lady Fi.
Amazing tips!
I’ll never forget. Learning is a must to improve in photography, like I do 🙂
Happy to know that you found them useful Anu.
Simple and really helpful. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much 😀
points noted Mam, your old post on photography rocks – Now I know why is it said : Old is Gold 😀
helpful tips…!!