Case studies in Photography

Burning
In photography is called the burning issues that we often see the results on the shooting. This problem is when the film or image after printing, there is visible in the image of the images are missing because of the additional colors that are not printed on the desired image. The result is like taking something but we have a closed part of the image by color image such as a fire that partially cover the results of our image. This could be due to a leak in the camera in the light into the film that is impermeable in the room light on the camera so that light is recorded by the film and the printed results like that. To avoid this, secure the camera well, avoiding the image on the light is too bright.

Flare
We often encountered in the shooting result of additional colors is not too thick (vaguely) on the image that has been printed. This color can be various, such as red, blue, yellow, and others. In photography terms called Flare (light refraction). This can happen because of the light into the camera lens. The result is an image on a color that is not too thick (vaguely) refraction occurs because light by the camera lens, and then additional colors in the picture. But any photographers sometimes use it to embellish the image so that the results such as effect on the graphical image. To avoid the use of the camera lens.

Few about Composition in Photography

Get your subject out of the center

That's it. No complicated mathematical equation here. Get it out of the center. It's that simple. Most cameras have centered focusing brackets or "targets" in the viewfinder. When the focusing area is in the center of the frame, we tend to aim the "sights" at our target, a.k.a. subject. This is called the Bull's Eye Syndrome.

Getting the subject out of the center of the frame makes for a more interesting picture. Okay, why? Greek artists discovered that the human eye tends to rest on certain points in an image, and they considered this natural movement "the concert of the eye." Imagine a grid in the viewfinder, such as a tic-tac-toe pattern: two lines evenly spaced across and two lines evenly spaced down. Where the lines intersect is where the eye tends to focus. As the grid breaks up the frame into sections of three, this is called The Rule of Thirds. By placing your subject on one of these intersecting points, the eye can look at the center of interest, then feel free to move around the image to look at the rest of the photograph. A sense of movement is created.

The ancient Greeks were passionate lovers of thearts and sciences. They analyzed how we look at art and what makes art interesting or boring. Static, centered subjects keep the eye focused, even trapped, right in the middle. By providing an opportunity for the eye to move around the image, people found the art more interesting.
This movement of the eye is critical to making a boring, tourist shot into something that makes people say "Wow!" Take a moment and look at a picture you have on your wall. Or grab a magazine and just look at some graphic image. Watch the path your eye takes. First it zooms in on something of interest. Then it wanders over here and wanders over there. Does your eye feel locked in one place? Or does it just keep wandering all over the place? Does it zoom to one thing, then bounce to another, and bounce back to the first and back to the second? You feel like you're watching a tennis match. Or does your eye race all over the image, looking at everything and never standing still. After a while, you feel a little seasick, right?
Our eye likes to roam, but it enjoys a good rest once in a while. By putting your subject in one of those four intersections of the rule of thirds, you now offer the eye something to look at and places to roam.

Line it Up on the Horizon

Humans prefer things in their proper places and looking like they should. We have expectations that water runs down, trees grow up and the earth may be a ball but it looks flat from where we stand. Be careful in threatening those expectations.
One of the common expectations often threatened is the rule of a straight horizon. Excited about a beautiful sunset or landscape, we tend to forget to make sure the camera is level along the horizon. A tipped horizon can give a sense of sea sickness. Take time to lined up your horizon with trees growing straight up and the water running down hill, if that is your goal.

Horizontal vs Vertical

The camera has two formats to choose from: horizontal or vertical. The most popular is horizontal. Is it popular because it looks best? No. It’s popular because that is how cameras are made to be held, flat across our faces.

Manufacturers make the tripod screw mount to accommodate that format by putting it on the bottom of the camera body. Is it the best composition? Not always. Tall trees are best photographed vertically. There is a feeling of height and power. Landscapes may look best as a horizontal, but not always. Try both ways to see which you like when you get your film back, then decide. It’s an artistic choice, so use it.

Simplification
Simplify, simplify, simplify. Keep your images simple and they will have a greater strength and artistic concept. Learn to see the distractions and eliminate or minimize them. It is easy to stand there and try to get the whole scene into your picture, but what is the point? Tell us what the story is about by giving us a summary, not the whole book. Go for the simple.

Getting Too Excited

Too often the cougar comes out of the bushes when we aren’t ready to take a picture. Still we grab the camera for a few shots. Then we tell ourselves that even if they don’t turn out, at least we will have recorded what we saw. We get them back to find that we actually saw a blur. It happens. No matter how exciting it is to have a bull moose stride past you, a seasoned photographer learns to prevent getting too excited by understanding how their equipment works, how it sees, and by honing their skills through practice, learning to trust their instincts.

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