{"id":117649,"date":"2018-11-09T13:52:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T21:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=117649"},"modified":"2018-11-09T13:57:10","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T21:57:10","slug":"5-simple-photography-composition-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/09\/5-simple-photography-composition-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Simple Photography Composition Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

Simplify your photographic compositions<\/a> to make better compositions:<\/p>\n

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1. Look up<\/h2>\n

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Don’t just shoot at eye-level. Look up; there are often very interesting things you can photograph!<\/p>\n

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2. Photograph one color<\/h2>\n

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If you want to practice color photography, fill the frame with one single color you find interesting– for example, the nice orange tone I found in this bathroom (orange with gaussian blur added in Photoshop):<\/p>\n

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The solid color I saw:<\/p>\n

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3. Surrealism<\/h2>\n

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Classic surrealistic street photograph<\/a>: don’t include the face of the subject– only photograph their arms.<\/p>\n

The surreal image:<\/p>\n

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This can also be done by not photographing people. Photograph surreal in-animate objects.<\/p>\n

For example, a spinal skeleton in the doctor office:<\/p>\n

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Or wax legs (which look pseudo-real):<\/p>\n

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4. Simple silhouette<\/h2>\n

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Shoot black and white<\/a> on your camera, and create a simple separation between your subject and the background.<\/p>\n

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For example, note the edge detection<\/a> in the photo– the outline:<\/p>\n

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5. Threes<\/h2>\n

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For more balance in your photos, have three subjects or elements in your photo. For example in this photo, a man crossing an escalator, and two reflections in the photo:<\/p>\n

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Related to this notion of threes– photograph triangle street photography compositions ><\/a><\/p>\n

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Conclusion<\/h2>\n

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Let composition always be one of our obsessions.<\/p>\n

I am optimistic: I believe there are still so many new photographic compositions which have not yet been discovered!<\/p>\n

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Never stop pushing your photographic composition forward. Keep striving to make new compositions, and new images that the world (or at least you) haven’t seen before!<\/p>\n

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BE BRAZEN!
\nERIC<\/p>\n

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HOW TO SEE: Visual Guide to Composition, Color, & Editing in Photography<\/a><\/h2>\n

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Improve your photography composition with HOW TO SEE ><\/a><\/p>\n

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Composition 101 ><\/a><\/h1>\n

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Master composition for yourself:<\/p>\n

Photography Composition Concepts<\/h2>\n

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