“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.”
So here is the checklist of things to consider when you head out to shoot or when you are editing your photos. A REVIEW.
- Is the horizon straight?
- Is the subject strong and obvious within the image?
- Are the edges of the frame clean? Is anything poking into the frame that distract the viewer? Are there elements of the image that lead the eye out of the frame that could be positioned better?
- Is the background clean – are there distracting elements like a car parked in the background, or a fence or a house that doesn’t fit? Can you move or change the angle to remove that element?
- Is the foreground tidy? Are you shooting a landscape or natural scene where there might be branches or leaves or twigs in the foreground that could be tidied away?
- The position of people in the shot. Do they have a lamp post or a tree growing out of the top of their head? Have you chopped heads, feet, arms, or legs off?
- Eye contact – when shooting a group of people, do we have eye contact with all your subjects?
- Camera position – are you at the right height/angle for the best composition?
- Is the Rule of Thirds being used effectively?
- How does the eye travel around the image? Where does it go first? Where does it end up? Is that the story you want to tell the viewer?
Review of Photoshop: Lesson on how to do ghost photography.
Photo by Kody Dishevoy
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