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No Clutter
Make sure the background of the photo is clean and uncluttered
(this includes shadows).
Your horse should dominate the photograph, with little or nothing to distract
the eye. Most often a "bland"
background is a good background. If your background is distracting, move the
horse, change your angle, etc.
What a mess!
In the top photo the horse is swatting flies, but the background is such
a mess it doesn't matter. Cows, gate posts, and the puppy (the white
spot on the right) have ruined everything anyway.
Much better. This is the same
horse only minutes later. While it's a big plus that the horse has
squared up a bit and isn't swatting flies, the biggest improvement is
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Centering
Usually, you will want your horse to be centered in the picture.
However, off-center framing can be perfect for some shots. For example, capturing
a bronc at a rodeo in a moment of exciting action, a little offside so you can see
the reaction of the crowd in the stands, may make a good picture even better.
Don't Hesitate!
If you see a good shot, take it! Don't hesitate!
For most people hesitating is a common reaction because they want to wait to see
if the contents of their photo are going to get even better. Unfortunately,
things often don't get better and frequently get worse. So, we repeat: If you
see a good shot, take it!
For anyone using a digital camera hesitating
should no longer be an excuse for blowing a photo. With a digital
camera there is no concern about the cost of developing photos, so you can take
a lot of photos without adding to your costs. You can then preview all of your
photos and simply delete the ones that didn't work out.
The top photo is a fairly
nice photo. A split second later, the horse swished
its tail and began
to walk off. If you see a shot, take it without hesitating! |
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Digital Camera Software: The Two "Biggees" Of Editing Photos
If you own a
digital camera there's a good chance some type of photo editing
software came along with it. Most photo editing software, even the free and
inexpensive versions, is surprisingly powerful and filled with all kinds of
great editing choices for your photos. Most of this software is so filled with
features, in fact, that it can be overwhelming to the point no one wants to
bother with trying to learn it all.
However, there are two features everyone should be comfortable with using in
photo editing software. If you only learn these two features (both are
surprisingly simple) and ignore everything else the software can do, you will be
able to transform many mediocre photos into good ones. The two features are
cropping and cloning.
- Cropping - Cropping is where the edges of the photo (one or both sides,
and/or the top or bottom), are cropped off. With cropping, the main subject of
the photo can be brought closer to the front, often making a huge difference in
the quality of the photo.
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- Cloning - Cloning is where one area of a photo is reproduced (or "cloned")
over the top of another area.
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For example, with cloning this: |
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The red flag pole that was sticking up from behind the horse's
neck is gone. Green leaves from the surrounding trees were cloned over the top
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