Being a perfectionist is not always a good thing. Sometimes it’s hard to stop and say – enough, it looks perfect already, but the voice inside you keeps saying – not perfect perfect. So one day I decided to make a pumpkin cream soup for dinner. My daughter and I love it! And in a moment I was standing near the cut pumpkin – making the perfect composition and trying to take a perfect picture )) It took me 20 minutes, but the result was worth it. Why am I doing this? I always say that the best way to learn is practice.
5 Photography Composition Rules
#1. Remember about the rule of thirds.
#2. Find your subjects and balance its “weight” by adding small and less important objects. I marked my subjects on both pictures with red dots. They are a bigger pumpkin piece and a plate of soup.
#3. Viewpoint. Don’t stick to one viewpoint, change it to find the perfect one. You can see that I started to shoot the pumpkin from above and then moved down a bit.
#4. Try cropping
when you see that the subject got lost among the less important
details. This will help to keep the attention focused on the subject.
when you see that the subject got lost among the less important
details. This will help to keep the attention focused on the subject.
#5. Harmonious background.
Inappropriate background – too dark, too light, to busy or too empty,
can ruin your perfect shot. Two first photos have two objects, which I
removed from the composition later. They are a dark-brown salt cellar
and a light-green bowl. They distracted badly from the subject.
Inappropriate background – too dark, too light, to busy or too empty,
can ruin your perfect shot. Two first photos have two objects, which I
removed from the composition later. They are a dark-brown salt cellar
and a light-green bowl. They distracted badly from the subject.
And here are my two perfect (at least for me 😉 shots. By the way the soup was great!
And I made a handy cheat sheet. You are welcome to save or Pin it.
