Photography Lesson
Photo Tips for the Newbies All photos taken by Joy Singleton at Limestone College 1. Lighting (Contrast) When taking photos, look for spots that have contrast in lighting so that your photo has a good amount of highlights and shadows to work with. Try not to have too bright of highlights though, because your camera will lose information in bright spots. You can always recover from shadows. 2. Balance Make sure your photo has some kind of balance, weather it be symmetrical or asymmetrical. Having balance makes your photo feel more meaningful in composition. This photo has symmetrical balance. 3. Line Having lines help to lead the eye through photo. The photo on the left has diagonal lines that lead your eye back to the horizon line of and back down to the other lines. 4. Rule of Thirds The rule of thirds is when you use lines that separate your photo in thirds horizontally and vertically. You can use those lines or the points where they
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