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How to Improve
Your Photography - Five Easy Composition Tricks

by Tom Boné


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» Center is not better
  The Rule of Thirds
  Step closer &
Switch perspective
  Leave lead room &
Take three shots

 

 

Do you want to take better pictures? Sure you do.

In these days of instant gratification our Nikonians professionals have noticed that some of our members don't want to wade through a pile of technical explanations. They just want good pictures — fast.

If fast is what you're looking for we have it condensed into five easy tricks.

Here they are:

1. Center is not better
2. Step closer
3. Switch perspective
4. Leave lead room
5. Take three shots

There it is, decades of professional photography, condensed into five easy tricks, and the key to success is you should use at least three of them with every picture you take.

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Quick Exercise

Take a look at the following series of A and B shots. Decide which you like better, and let's see which of the five "tricks" were combined to sway your choice:

Fishing


Group Shot


Limbo


Photographer


Runner

All of those B shots above share Trick number 1. Use this and you will see instant results.

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