Importance of composition, cropping, and storage

 Before completing our final magazines, we have to take the pictures that will be included in our cover, table of contents, and two page spread. Three of the things we learned about were composition, cropping, and storage. It might not seem like much, but these factors play a big role in photography. 

Composition is important because if the different elements of a photo, the viewer will not find it aesthetically pleasing if composition is not used correctly. Multiple different elements are included in composition, such as rule of thirds, balance and symmetry, leading lines, creative framing, depth of field, and distracting elements. Rule of thirds are when the subject are put into either the left or right segment in order to leave the other two open. Balance is when all elements of the photo attract the viewers attention. Leading lines are when a human made or natural line or lines lead the viewers eyes through the image. Creative framing is used to add drama or impact to an image. Depth of field is the distance between subjects in a photo that are sharp focused. Distracting background are when elements in the photo are distracting the rest of the image from the main subject(s). The photo below provides an excellent example of three different composition techniques.

Cropping is also very important because it allows you to edit a photo to your liking. Perhaps you didn't notice something while you were taking a photo, or you thought something would work but found out while looking at it that it wouldn't, cropping fixes all those issues. You are able to cut things out of the left, right, top, bottom, or crop these all together. The photo below is a perfect example. There was a blurry background with no useful information to the photo, so they crop out as much as they could while keeping the man in the photo.

Storage might be the most important factor in photography. You must make sure that your SD card matches with your camera. You also must make sure that you have enough storage for taking pictures. Imagine you are doing a photoshoot with someone and after you get home and check the pictures, they aren't there because you ran out of storage. You might also want to keep a backup of all your photos incase you need them and lose the original copy. That's all I have time for today!

Signing off,

               Bradley