Thursday, February 25, 2010

Week Five, Part One: Composition and Aesthetics

If you're looking for photography tips geared toward the informed amateur, you have to check out The Pioneer Woman. The photography section on her blog is really educational but it doesn't get bogged down with too much information in one post. She has a great tutorial about cropping and the rule of thirds, called Cream of the Crop. A lot of rules to remember about composition are things I've been unknowingly following for a long time. Who knew?? Still, I am a long way from being a skilled photo-taker. :)

Being a skilled photographer is all about the feeling you bring to a shot. Aesthetics in photography is hard to define, just as it's hard to pinpoint in any work of art, but we've all experienced it. When the stars align in a photo, the perspective, tone, lines, etc. work together to make viewers feel something special.

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