BRINGING BETTER BLOGPHOTOGRAPHY

with Mishelle Lane

Fundamentals of Photography

CompositionRule of ThirdsRule of OddsSymmetry

Composition “The placement or arrangement of visual elements or ingredients in a work of art.”

Composition in Portraiture

Rule of Thirds

Rule of Odds

Rule of Thirds & Odds

Symmetry

ALL ABOUT THE FOCUS

“Depth of Field”

What is D.O.F. ? “The range of distance within the subject that is acceptably sharp.”

Bokeh All Around

What is Bokeh? Bokeh is the name for the effect that

denotes the appearance of an out-of-focus area in a photograph, produced by using a shallow depth-of-field.

Controlling what is in focus, in a photograph, can seriously enhance the feel or mood

Shallow Depth of Field; where the foreground is in focus and the background is blurry

Wider Depth of Field; where everything in the photo is in focus or sharp

A Side of Bokeh, Please

Natural Bokeh

Bokeh in Portraiture

What’s Your Perspective?

Develop {your} EyeAnglesLinesBalance

Angles

Angles in Portraiture

Angles in Architecture

Lines

Balance

Balance

“YOU DON'T TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH, YOU MAKE

IT.”-Ansel Adams