Take Better Photographs of Your Children: Part 2 of 4
Nadia Trapasso Green, a Newborn and Family Photographer based in Niagara Ontario, wants to help you capture beautiful moments with your children while she can’t during Ontario’s third Covid-19 lockdown. All you need is your phone, and you will learn all about Composition in this 4 week blog series!
*Trying out these tips and tricks, then use the hashtag #dreamsandtalesfineart #parentswhoclickdt
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Last week we learned about Composition, a key element in taking your photographs to the next level. I chose to focus on Composition because most parents are taking photographs of their children with their phone…so this let’s us set the technical aspects of a DSLR aside for this blog series! Each week we’ll break down a element of composition, and assign you a task to try out! First up, Rule of Thirds…
- Rule of Thirds:
The rule of thirds is one of the main “rules” in art and photographic composition and stems from the theory that the human eye naturally gravitates to intersection points that occur when an image is split into thirds. In the rule of thirds, photos are divided into thirds with two imaginary lines vertically and two lines horizontally making three columns, three rows, and nine sections in the images. Important compositional elements and leading lines are placed on or near the imaginary lines and where the lines intersect.
How to Use- When positioning your child(ren) in your camera frame, position them along these lines and where the lines meet. This will improve your photograph by helping to draw eyes to the important elements in the moment captured instead of just the subjects (ie your children). It helps to create a more natural and emotional photograph by telling the story of the moment.
Give it a try!
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Sources: http://jeniandthekiddos.blogspot.ca www.erincobb.com