Creative Digital PhotographyLyn Belisle

Five 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 – don’t 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 Tips• Face into the composition to create a sight line that keeps the

viewer involved.• Up close and personal – don’t 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• 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”

…and HAVE FUN!