Tips for Photography - Get Close

Have you ever taken a photo and then realized that the background or sides are cluttered or fill with a chair/ dustbin/ passerby or unsightly subjects? I have experienced this on several occasions.

There are several tips that you can use to avoid this.

Make an effort to fill up the frame entirely with your subject/s by taking two or three steps closer. Alternatively, you could use the Digital or Optical zoom to get the close-up shot.

When taking photos of friends and family, try to fill the frame with the subject's face or upper body onwards instead of the subject's full body. In this way, the viewer is naturally drawn to the main subject, for example, her expression, eyes, smile or laughter and will not be distracted by other subjects.

If you are unable to get close to the subjects, you can always crop the photo later using photo editing software, for example, Adobe Photoshop, Picasa, Canon Digital Photo Professional, Adobe Lightroom.

By getting close to your subjects, I'm sure there will be significant improvements to your photos.

"If your photographs aren't good enough, you're not close enough" Robert Capa (Budapest, 22 Oct, 1913 - 25 May, 1954)