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when we look at a scene with our eyes, in reality
the subject is always smack in the middle of our field of view
it's just how our eyes work we see things in the middle
despite the fact I'm looking at you right now through the lens of jaynes
camera
I can still see stuff going on all around me I can see guys over there my
fingertips the sky and the bench down in front to me
but putting the subject smack in the middle of a photograph very very rarely
works as a composition
you'll usually end up with something pretty dull and not very interesting.
the other thing we forget to do as human beings when taking a picture
is to come out of the subject and look all around the viewfinder
at the image, tripods are great for this because you can lock of your composition
and then look all around to see what's going on
without losing the composition that you've set.
Now while you're looking at me, did you notice that I've got a thing growing out the
side of my head here,
it's not very pleasing is it, and it's a classic error you'll make whilst taking
shots.
Now we can't move the thing, but we can move the camera,
and by changing the angle the cameras at the thing that's growing out the side of my head
will disappear.
Now just before we do that, i'm gonna ask my lovely young assistant here if he'd mind
taking a shot over my shoulder to show where the camera is in relation to me,
thanks Tom now then, as we move the camera
off to the side. wobbly wobbly wobbly wobbly.
the background is changing,
a house has appeared behind me, now obviously a house hasn't
really appeared behind me it's because the angle has changed
now it's a different shot, but again it's kinda busy, it's kinda not brilliant
if you want a shot of me you need to lose the house.
How'd you do that? Move the camera again, so if we lower the camera down
all the while you need to be looking around that viewfinder making little
adjustments and movements
and as you fiddle around and move stuff about you'll find a place
where we can lose the house and just get the components that you want
to make an interesting composition so now you've got quite a dramatic sort of
an image, with me against the sky. This
isn't a menu setting,
this is all outside of the camera, this is all about you not being lazy
and moving yourself around and try stuff out to find the composition that
works for you