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This photo was taken outside Yuerba Buena Center for the Arts.
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Yes - I know that there are water spots on some of the pics. It was windy and wet out there! But a ton of fun.
Photography is a creative art, no doubt, but creative doesn't mean doing everything willy-nilly however you want. Use these basic rules of composition to give your photos an extra boost of visual appeal.
Photo by Maike Baird.
At the photography blog Amateur Snapper, they've put together a great list of some of the basic rules governing photographic composition. Whether you're a long time shutter bug or a just taking an interest in life beyond snapshots, the list offers a great "shopping" list of techniques to
try out during your next photography session. Among the tips, use leading lines to direct the viewers eyes.
When we look at a photo our eye is naturally drawn along lines. By thinking about how you place lines in your composition, you can affect the way we view the image, pulling us into the picture, towards the subject, or on a journey 'through' the scene. There are many different types of line - straight, diagonal, curvy, zigzag, radial etc - and each can be used to enhance our photo's composition.Their list of techniques ends with a bit of advice well repeated in the age of digital photography. There is no additional expense through film or processing fees when shooting digital, experiment as much as you want and delete the chafe. For more tips and tricks for getting the most out of your photos make sure to take a peek at how to avoid mediocre portraits and take better self portraits. If you take some great pictures experimenting with the composition rules in the article, share them in the comments below!
10 Top Photography Composition Rules [Amateur Snapper]moc.rekcahefil@nosaj.
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Treasure Island is in south Laguna Beach, just south of Diamond Beach, and below the Montage Resort. Parking is available on Pacific Coast Highway, or in the underground garage at Wesley Drive (turn beachside). The garage is hidden underneath Treasure Island Park. Parking meters are $1.00 each hour, paid in quarters, and the meters are in effect every day until 7:00 PM, including Sundays and holidays.
Treasure Island consists of two coves. The easiest access to the north cove is down a ramp that is beyond the two stairways from the upper walkway. I find the north cove more interesting because I can walk out around the rock to the far tide pools during low tide. Treasure Island is a very popular setting for sunset photos. There were no less than a dozen family groups down there last night getting photos taken for their holiday cards. I took these photos just before sunset. My intention was to caputre dramatic clouds, because there's a winter storm moving in. However, the sky was pretty much washed out, which is why I focused on taking photos of waves. I used a ciruclar polarizing filter, and the camera was on a tripod. Most of the exposures were between 1.3 seconds and 4.0 seconds at ISO 100.
This morning’s rain deposited snow on San Jacinto Peak.
Pilgrim is a wooden ship in Dana Point Harbor. I took this photo with
a film camera.
There was a lot of action at the Torrey Pines Gliderport yesterday afternoon. The gliderport is in La Jolla, above Black's Beach, near the University of California at San Diego campus.
I found an online catalog of the Laguna Beach "street beaches" that is encouraging me to visit more of these intimate beaches.
I'm a California with a couple of cameras and a few thoughts.
Not all those who wander are lost. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien
God wishes to see people happy. ~ Anne Frank
...mystery is a great embarrassment to the modern mind. ~ Flannery O'Connor
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. ~Ansel Adams
I just want to be good. ~"Alex" in A Clockwork Orange
