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How to take a good photo + Resize

Photo by Daisy Garney
Photo by Daisy Garney
Photo by Daisy Garney

By Elena Canelli

When you start photography you often wonder and think about how to take a good photo? There are 4 main important factors on taking a good photo: good composition, high technical quality, the right moment, and an interesting subject.

Good composition is the most important factor on taking a good photo. There are 5 elements of composition when doing photography. These 5 elements are pattern, symmetry, texture, depth of field, and lines. Pattern provides unity and structure. When pattern is used as a supporting element, it must be used carefully so it does not confuse or overwhelm the viewer. It should be used to strengthen and add interest to your subject. Symmetry conveys balance and proportion in your photo. A symmetrical shot with strong composition and a good point of interest can lead to a great image, but without the strong point of interest it can be troubling. Texture conveys the surface detail of a subject. It is used when light hits the object at interesting angles. When photographing a two dimensional object it uses the texture to make it seem alive and close to 3 dimensional figure. Depth of field can dramatically impact your composition on your image. It can seclude the background and or foreground on your photo. And the last factor of good composition is lines. When we look at a photo our eye is naturally drawn along lines, so we can use these to help guide the eye to the main subject. Lines can be literal lines but also more abstract lines.

The next important factor is high technical quality. This consists of sharp photo, correct exposure, focused photo, and depth a field again. You will always want a good high quality photo, unless you are a beginner. A sharp photo does not consist on blurriness it’s less shaky and usually is used on a tripod. The correct exposure will help your photo. It highlights the photo when using the appropriate exposure. Then we have focused photo, which means it’s in the right spot. It is very important to pick a good spot for your subject. And last is depth of field which I have already explained above.

The next factor is the right moment. It is very important to catch the right moment at the right time. You won’t always find the perfect moment, but when you do your photo becomes very successful and can bring so much interest to your photo. And last we have an interesting subject. An interesting subject completes a successful photo. An interesting subject is usually a rare and unseen subject. To help an interesting subject you can go for point of view and or composition which will help your photo become better.

Now if you ever wondered how to resize a photo, this can help you. The easiest way is using paint. Open paint and bring up your picture. The go to home tab, in to image group, then click resize. In the resize, select the maintain aspect ratio check box so that the resized picture will have the same aspect ratio as the original picture. If the maintain aspect ratio check box is selected, you only need to enter the horizontal value (width) or vertical value (height). The other box in the resize area is updated automatically. When you are done click OK. Then don’t forget to save your picture. Another way is to go to www.picmonkey.com/. Then click edit a photo. And the first 6 options they show, click resize. And you can resize the photo there. This is what I use the most.

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    Mrs. OSep 25, 2012 at 8:14 pm

    I was thinking the same thing–it will be very helpful if the entire EMC staff knows how to work with images to maximize their effects without overloading the site. Thanks Elena for your informative article!

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    Mr. SwainSep 24, 2012 at 1:48 pm

    This is great. Thanks for sharing and showing all the e-Commerce students how to use the website to re-size images. Great article!
    You will have to teach this at the eagles media center boot camp.

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