What's up everybody, Peter McKinnon here and today we are talking about composition
and how you can tweak
a few things
to start getting better photos right away. Like we're talking today!
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Alright, composition is one of my favourite things to talk about
because its so important in photography.
Be it that you're just starting out
Maybe you're a seasoned amateur.
Maybe you pick up a camera every now and then
Maybe you are, like, the highest of professionals.
Regardless
Across the board, composition is so important.
The leading lines that'll lead you to the subject, or the payoff of the photo.
Or using light in a certain way that it frames a subject.
Framing your subject just in general using architecture and the world around you to make that photo pop and stand out more.
Photos that have good composition are just easier to look at
They're more balanced
There's just something about them that when you look at that photo you're like:
Ah! That's a great photo!
And it's probably because the composition is either: super unique; super creative; clever; or just really well balanced and thought out
And all of those things come together in the end to give you an incredible photograph
So point number 1 is
framing
Now framing is so important and it can make your photos look [euhehuhuh] from *here* to *here*!
It's such a big difference
So if you're in the city, wherever you are, it doesn't even matter
Just look for structures. Maybe it's plants, maybe it's bushes, but look for something to frame your photo 'in'.
Instead of just, like, an open portrait of someone standing there taking a photo,
Maybe try to shoot it through some leaves, and I've talked about this before when we've gone over shooting through things
But finding natural frames
natural leading lines to place your subject in makes all the difference
So here's an example from yesterday
We were at the skate park, it was underneath the highway and there was lots of pillars,
that kind of support the highway obviously, vanishing into the distance
So we moved Matty right into the middle of those which is creating a natural frame
We placed him in the centre
Now going beyond that what I mean by using the environment around you
Here we are shooting in a stairwell. I used the rungs of the stairs to frame the shot
So instead of just shooting it dead on, those rungs now provide that frame,
which gives me that unique composition, which makes the photo so much more interesting
So take a look at this photo
This is a really interesting shot because we're using those leading lines of the wall that go all the way to where that little entrance is
that door frame if you will
It doesn't really go anywhere but that's what I have Matty stand under because it frames him out perfectly