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composition basics - How to get good
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Camera Composition
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- Headroom: Enough room for the subject's head. Space around
their head yet not too much. Too low in the frame (too much headroom)
makes them appear short. Not enough headroom makes them look tall and
scrunched. Correct headroom gives the subject just enough space around
their head to make them look comfortable.
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Not Enough Headroom
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Perfect
Headroom
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- Eye placement: Should be in the top third of the screen
(see rule
of thirds). You want the viewer not to notice the camera-work
so, make it look natural and standard.
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- Avoid Distractions: Keep the photo as basic as
possible. Also, look to see what else is in the screen that you may not
want there. Are there distracting lines, lights, objects? Clear them out
by moving either your camera or your subject. Be aware of light poles,
phone lines or antlers that appear to be coming out of people's heads.
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Notice the Poles in the Back?
Too Many
Distractions!
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- Avoid "floating
heads": Don't cut people off at the neck - or body
joints, this is disconcerting to the viewer.
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- Give "look-space"/ walking room: This is space in the
frame that is in front of their eyes that allows them room to look or
walk. So they don't look like they will bump into the edge of the
photograph.
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Good Example of Look-Space & Walking
Room
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