Thursday, 26 December 2013

SnapShot #660 - How to Shoot Holiday Lights! Silvermans Return! January Courses!

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Thursday, December 26, 2013


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THIS WEEK'S TIP
Composition: Exceptions Can Sometimes Be the Rule

By Kerry Drager

You'll rarely go wrong in choosing a photographic composition that follows the rules. However, for stepping up the creativity at times, don't get locked into the Rule of Thirds as a hard-and-fast policy. At times, it can be restrictive for those scenes that just don't fit into a Thirds setting. While the best spot for the subject may be somewhere off-center, for example, it might not necessarily be in one of the power points.

In fact, there are times when a dead-center composition is dead-on. This can be a subject with strong symmetry, such as a wheel, in which the hub is in the middle while the spokes spread out in all directions. Certain flowers, when photographed close-up, work, too, as does symmetry in architecture. Likewise, some pictures don't even have a specific subject; rather, the entire photo is the subject, such as pattern or repetition scenes.


   
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Light of Day
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Welcome to the 660th issue of SnapShot!
Hello,

We hope you are having an awesome holiday season and are looking ahead to 2014 with a positive energy and an artistic spirit. At BetterPhoto, we sure are! In fact, the new year kicks off with an outstanding session of interactive online photography courses. School begins on January 8th with a full schedule of 2-week and 4-week courses and 8-week classes.

January also marks the return of our popular instructor team, Susan and Neil Silverman, who took a few months off. They are back in action with three terrific courses: Out and About with Your Camera, Understanding Digital Photography, and Understanding Digital Photography: Beyond the Basics.

That's it for this week. Enjoy the holiday season and an early best wishes for a wonderful 2014!

Kerry Drager
Newsletter Editor



Articles and Updates from BetterPhoto:

See instructor Lynne Eodice's BetterPhoto article with lots of tips and techniques for photographing the nighttime lights in your neighborhood. Forest photography requires the light to be soft and diffused for best results. Read instructor Jim Zuckerman's BetterPhoto article! Stop by BetterPhoto's home page and find out what's trending - every single day!

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