The Photography Background - The Biggest Difference Between Pro And Novice!
If you happen to be enthusiastic about photography - and want to move your pictures to a whole new, higher level - the important thing to success often is the photography background!
On the list of vital distinctions between beginner and pro photography is that the professional has learned to manage and manipulate the photography background - where the novice focuses all their consideration on the subject and typically merely lets the background happen on its own.
Have you ever been so caught up with your subject and lighting and so forth that (when you check out the completed photograph) you discover an enormous garbage can - right behind your subject - spilling trash all over the ground? In every photograph? And you never even noticed it during the photo sitting!
Or, maybe you have been guilty of having tree branches seeming to stick from the model's head, like antlers?
They are ridiculous errors that are effortlessly handled and will quickly enhance your photography's impact.
The unpleasant news is we don't actually perceive how much better our photos are! Let's face it; if you do not have garbage or antlers and so forth, you never stop to consider how much better your photograph isyou simply don't notice. Our notice only comes to bear if we forget and mess up (we all do sometimes).
If you would like admiration for your creative undertakings, you CANNOT allow these problems into your photography. It truly is an easy fixmerely remember to think about the background and all 4 corners within the viewfinder before you click on the shutter button - next you tweak accordingly.
If you have a difficult time remembering, get a piece of masking tape and mark - in large black letters - "CHECK THE BACKDROP". And then attach the tape on the back of the camera. It will help remind you until it becomes a habit.
You will never be aware of the number of pictures you have saved, however it's definitely worth the effort.
The next most simple photography background technique - to make your subject "explode" from your picture - is to isolate them.
I'm positive you've looked at photos where the subject is in clear, razor-sharp focus - but the background is completely out of focus and is nothing but a wash of color.
It's done with controlling the depth of field.
Depth of field determines just how much of your shot is in focus. There are whole courses written about this photo technique (heck, I wrote one myself!) but the simplest ways to do this "wash of color" technique are to:
1. Utilize the longest focal length lens you can.
2. Open it up to the widest aperture possible - this is the lowest f-stop number.
3. Make the background as far behind the subject as is practicable. Or else position the subject as far in front of the backdrop as you can.
Plainly each one of the three tips has plenty of variables. Through adjusting the options offered to you, you can make your photography background as focused or unfocused as you would like. There is not any right or wrong.
Absolutely out of focus, partly in focus, sharp as a tackthat is where your creative eye comes into play.
As soon as you've mastered the "in camera" strategies of manipulating the backdrops, then it is time to consider creating selected cloth backdrops. This would give your photography a pro "studio" appearance.
A pretty good quality background can literally cost hundreds if not thousands of dollars. So, in lieu of shelling out the big bucks, I like to recommend making your own. Luckily a photography background is simple to make and can be made for pennies on the dollar.
Pay attention to your photography background and you'll be capturing professional level pictures almost immediately.
On the list of vital distinctions between beginner and pro photography is that the professional has learned to manage and manipulate the photography background - where the novice focuses all their consideration on the subject and typically merely lets the background happen on its own.
Have you ever been so caught up with your subject and lighting and so forth that (when you check out the completed photograph) you discover an enormous garbage can - right behind your subject - spilling trash all over the ground? In every photograph? And you never even noticed it during the photo sitting!
Or, maybe you have been guilty of having tree branches seeming to stick from the model's head, like antlers?
They are ridiculous errors that are effortlessly handled and will quickly enhance your photography's impact.
The unpleasant news is we don't actually perceive how much better our photos are! Let's face it; if you do not have garbage or antlers and so forth, you never stop to consider how much better your photograph isyou simply don't notice. Our notice only comes to bear if we forget and mess up (we all do sometimes).
If you would like admiration for your creative undertakings, you CANNOT allow these problems into your photography. It truly is an easy fixmerely remember to think about the background and all 4 corners within the viewfinder before you click on the shutter button - next you tweak accordingly.
If you have a difficult time remembering, get a piece of masking tape and mark - in large black letters - "CHECK THE BACKDROP". And then attach the tape on the back of the camera. It will help remind you until it becomes a habit.
You will never be aware of the number of pictures you have saved, however it's definitely worth the effort.
The next most simple photography background technique - to make your subject "explode" from your picture - is to isolate them.
I'm positive you've looked at photos where the subject is in clear, razor-sharp focus - but the background is completely out of focus and is nothing but a wash of color.
It's done with controlling the depth of field.
Depth of field determines just how much of your shot is in focus. There are whole courses written about this photo technique (heck, I wrote one myself!) but the simplest ways to do this "wash of color" technique are to:
1. Utilize the longest focal length lens you can.
2. Open it up to the widest aperture possible - this is the lowest f-stop number.
3. Make the background as far behind the subject as is practicable. Or else position the subject as far in front of the backdrop as you can.
Plainly each one of the three tips has plenty of variables. Through adjusting the options offered to you, you can make your photography background as focused or unfocused as you would like. There is not any right or wrong.
Absolutely out of focus, partly in focus, sharp as a tackthat is where your creative eye comes into play.
As soon as you've mastered the "in camera" strategies of manipulating the backdrops, then it is time to consider creating selected cloth backdrops. This would give your photography a pro "studio" appearance.
A pretty good quality background can literally cost hundreds if not thousands of dollars. So, in lieu of shelling out the big bucks, I like to recommend making your own. Luckily a photography background is simple to make and can be made for pennies on the dollar.
Pay attention to your photography background and you'll be capturing professional level pictures almost immediately.
