A quick way to make your pictures go from yawn to yowsers! (in a good way) is to clean it up...meaning...get rid of all that distracting visual clutter in the background. It's simple.
Do this by:
- Positioning your subject or yourself in a way that will eliminate background clutter. Move around to see which angle will work best or change your location.
- Cleaning up the photo - literally! Go ahead and throw that pop can in the trash and, while you are at it, move those newspapers somewhere else.
- Get closer to your subject and magically the background clutter will disappear!
- Use a lower aperture to blur out the background.
Here is an example from tonight's pumpkin picking....
Apparently my daughter Sophie is the go-to-girl for my Tuesday Tip examples. She's a bit distracted in this picture so she's giving me her cheesy smile/squinty eye while checking out which pumpkin she is going to pick.
Notice the super distracting car in the background. Ugh!!! What to do????
Answer: Change positions. Come at it from a different angle and zoom in closer. Voila! What car??
P.S. Sorry about last week's non-existent Tuesday Tip. I was out of town....in case you were wondering.
P.S.S. Okay one more picture of my baby from the pumpkin patch - I can't resist.
7 comments:
Elles sont trop belles!!!
Vous me manquez tellement!
I was wondering where you were...just so you know you were missed! This is such a good tip and important to make your edits quick!
Can I ask you to talk about White Balance. What step do you use to acheive a white balance you are happy with? I shot jpeg and auto WB and am wondering if that is a mistake. Basically, how do you approach white balance?
love tuesday tip day!
and, you have such beautiful models.
Hazel!!! She is such a doll. Plus, her hair rocks!!
Sophie, always lovely.
Just so you know, I am expecting to see trip pics from you soonish!!!
Gorgeous! Loving the 'lil pumkins and I'm totally with Julia-I have WB issues as well and even try shooting in Kelvin but for some reason always end up a little off. I know I can change it up in RAW pretty easily but it would just be nice to have it right SOOC, ya know? Any suggestions would be fab on this topic, I love all your tips :)
How did your "baby" get so big so fast. :) Beautiful images and love the Tuesday Tips!
Love the tips and Love the pumpkin patch!!
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