PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES

Basic to Advanced Photography Techniques, Tips & Tricks

Make the most of your digital camera by learning new photography techniques. In these articles we present useful photographic techniques, tutorials and resources for various kind of photography. You will learn how you set up the perfect environment and what techniques, principles and rules of thumbs you should consider when shooting your next perfect photo.

Photographic Composition

Photographic composition is the pleasing arrangement of subject matter elements within the picture area. Have you ever wondered why some pictures are more appealing than others . . . . why some are left hanging in galleries for months or even years to be enjoyed by thousands? Creative photography depends foremost on the photographer's ability to see as the camera sees because a photograph does not reproduce a scene quite the way we see it.

In general, good pictures result from careful attention to some basic elements of composition, together with appropriate lighting and an interesting subject.

The camera sees and records only a small isolated part of the larger scene, reduces it to only two dimensions, frames it, and freezes it. There is, however, no "right" way to take a picture. Three photographers recording the same scene may create equally appealing photographs with entirely different composition.