Comments on: Place Your Subject Off-Center

By: How To Get An Eye For Photography by Digital Photo Secrets

How To Get An Eye For Photography by Digital Photo Secrets — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:12:08 +0000

[...] an eye for photography has a lot to do with learning the rules of composition. One of them is the rule of thirds, but there are others that can help you see the beauty in a scene in front of [...]

By: How To Teach Photography To Your Children by Digital Photo Secrets

How To Teach Photography To Your Children by Digital Photo Secrets — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:15:35 +0000

[...] reviewing their photos, tell them to move the subject to the right or left. You don’t need to say why. Just tell them to avoid the center because it makes better [...]

By: I Challenge You To Try These 5 Things In Photography by Digital Photo Secrets

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:18:51 +0000

[...] to follow the officially established rules, you’ll consider placing your subject in one of the four thirds of the frame. I’m talking about the upper right, upper left, lower right, or lower left thirds. This is what [...]

By: 7 Ways To Make The Same Shot Different by Digital Photo Secrets

7 Ways To Make The Same Shot Different by Digital Photo Secrets — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:05:25 +0000

[...] Composition is the way your image is framed. It’s where you place your subject in relation to everything else you see. Most people start out by placing their subject right in the center of the frame. Eventually, they learn that they should place the subject in one of the corners of the frame or a place about 1/3 in from either the top, bottom, or sides of the frame. The “Rule Of Thirds” [...]

By: Where Is Your Camera In Relation To Your Subject’s Eyes? by Digital Photo Secrets

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:42:36 +0000

[...] know where to look. The photographer knows where to point the camera too. Experienced photographers rarely point the camera dead center. It’s usually somewhere off to the side or at an angle. When the model looks away, you get more [...]

By: How To Use Focal Lock To Create More Precise Digital Images by Digital Photo Secrets

Thu, 04 Nov 2010 11:16:28 +0000

[...] you’ve been reading some my articles on composition, you know that it isn’t always such a good idea to place your subject directly in the center of the frame. Unfortunately, whenever you place your [...]

By: Halloween Photos – Put On The Scare by Digital Photo Secrets

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:48:39 +0000

[...] you aren’t familiar with the rule of thirds, it’s the basic idea that if you place your subject in one of the 4 thirds of the frame, your [...]

By: How Lines, Shapes and Colors Impact The Impression Your Photo Makes by Digital Photo Secrets

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:13:08 +0000

[...] to take your natural visual sense to another level. I’ll show you how. We’ve spoken about the rule of thirds in composition before. Whenever you frame (at least most of the time), you usually want to place [...]

By: How To Use Visual Focal Points To Enhance Your Photography by Digital Photo Secrets

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12:40:34 +0000

[...] also a good idea to pay attention to the rule of thirds when you are creating visual focal points. The fish photograph uses the rule of thirds quite well. [...]

By: When To Shoot In Portrait Or Landscape Mode by Digital Photo Secrets

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:52:28 +0000

[...] said it many times, and I’ll say it again. The easiest way to produce visually interesting photos is to use the rule [...]