Today, we be talking about framing – as it’s always best to get as much stuff correct in-camera while taking the picture rather than trying to fix a ton of bad stuff with apps later.
Most photos are taken straight on, a decent distance away, and pretty evenly centred too. Sure it’s safe and it works, but let’s try some other stuff that’s simple and easy.
Grid Lines and they're darn useful to have enabled. You can probably activate them on any phone camera through some settings. Go find that setting and turn it on, but first try getting closer.
Note 1: “Filling the frame”. When you take a picture of something or someone, you don’t exactly want a ton of empty space around the subject. What the bloody hell is it for?? Unless you’re shooting a magazine cover where some space on the top is needed for the magazine’s name, you’re just wasting frame space.
Use up a considerably nice amount of your frame for the subject of your photo. But again, don’t do that with people’s faces, you’ll just distort them and make them look fat.
Now, remember those frame lines? They’re laid out like that because of that Rule of Thirds thing you may have read about. Basically the idea is to put interesting stuff or stuff you’re focusing on on the lines or on where the lines cross.
We just want the object in the shot. Thinking about framing, has not become second nature as it should. Instead we wait until the damage has been done. Remember filling the frame, getting closer or even the rules of thirds? Even though mobile photography has replaced digital to some respect, we can still 'respect' the same guide lines.