How to Keep Your Photographs from Being Snapshots

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Have a message.

   Say something with your photograph.
   
   Even if you are just sharing the beauty of what you see
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   Step 2: Be sure that your photograph has a main subject.

   If your viewer has to figure out what you are portraying, then it doesn't have a subject. , This works with the main subject. , The default of a camera is landscape.
   
   That would be horizontal...basically 4 X
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   Portrait is a vertical type shot with 'dimensions' of 6 X
   4. , If you take the photo now and it is a simple snapshot.
   
   Change your perspective and it becomes a memorable photograph. ,, Will it detract, or enhance, your image.
   
   Is there a way that you can 'fix' it. , Obviously, you can't move the forest (or the tree), but when you can, move things around. , Do your best to direct their eye.
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   Step 3: Be sure that your subject has a center of interest.

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   Step 4: Be ready to change the orientation of your photograph.

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   Step 5: Move around.

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   Step 6: If your subject is moving

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   Step 7: consider where it will be when you take the photo.

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   Step 8: Look at the background.

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   Step 9: If you can

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    Step 10: move your subject around.

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    Step 11: Think about what your viewer will be looking at when they see the photograph.

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