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Beginner Photography Tips

Camera and gear

Exposure

Lighting

Portrait Lighting Setup:

There are 7 basic lighting setups used in portrait photography. Using a one light portrait setup you can produce different effects.

The Art of Composition

Anybody can pick up a camera or their cell phone and take a snapshot, but it takes skill to learn how take quality photographs. Just like a painting has rules of composition, so does photography. There are about 60 ‘Rules’ listed below.

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Rule of thirds
Diagonals
S Curve
Triangle/ Pyramid
V-Arrangement
L-Shaped or L-Arrangement
Symmetrical
Asymmetrical
Frame within a frame
Circular
Mergers
Leading Line: Good
Leading Lines Bad
Leading Look
High Key
Low Key
Rule of Odds
Fill the Frame
Empty the Frame
Busy Frame
Eye Level
Bird’s Eye View
Worm’s view
Cross
Focal mass
Radial
Shallow Depth of Field
Deep Depth of field
Balanced Mass
Unbalanced Mass
Color
Balance of color
Balancing Elements
Smooth Texture
Rough Texture
Foreground
Middle ground
Background
Flat image: no layering
Negative Space
Isolate the subject
Crowded Subject
Horizontal
Vertical
Pattern
Repetition
Cropping
Experimentation
Breaking the rules
Dutch Tilt
The Golden Ratio
The Golden Section
The Golden Triangle
The Golden Spiral
The Golden Rectangle
The Golden Circle
The Human Proportion