Creative Digital Photography Lyn Belisle

Creative Digital PhotographyLyn BelisleFive easy tips to help you take more interesting photo compositions

Face into the composition to create a sight line that keeps the viewer involved. Walk into the photograph visually.Although the photo, above, is prettier, the composition suffers from the position of the child she is leaving the frame. If she had been on the left side of the setting sun, it would have been a much better shot.

Up close and personal dont be afraid to crop to get a better shot.

Picturing an imaginary nine-space grid is a tried-and-true way of improving the composition some cameras include this as a framing aid

Use curves, triangles and odd numbers instead of straight lines and even numbers.

Look at it from a different perspective . . . . .and use objects as frames

Five Easy TipsFace into the composition to create a sight line that keeps the viewer involved.Up close and personal dont be afraid to crop to get a better shot.Picturing an imaginary nine-space grid is a tried-and-true way of improving the compositionUse curves, triangles and odd numbers instead of straight lines and even numbersLook at it from a different perspective . . . . .and use objects as frames

and HAVE FUN!