Rules of Photography

[Tracker00]

A couple I know of are:

Sunny 16 - in sunny light at f16, shoot at the ~ reciprocal of your film speed, so for ISO 100 set your shutter at ~ 1/125

Rule of Thirds - Draw imaginary lines, divided into thirds, horizontally and vertically in your shot, then place your subject at the intersection of these lines.

Steady Rule - Set your shutter speed at least faster than the reciprocal of your focal length to help avoid camera shake. So if you're shooting at 250 mm, your shutter speed should be 1/250 or faster.


Any other good rules/tips?

[aam1234]

My own: mess around with the rules, it's fun (and educational too).

[tiger20]

never pee into the wind.

[RogCincy]

never pee into the wind.

Along the same lines..........

Don't eat yellow snow......... :lol:

[aam1234]

Come on guys, this is an interesting subject.

I would add: leading lines.

[Jon, The Elder]

Remove your lens cap

Reformat PRIOR to beginning shoot

[RogCincy]

Come on guys, this is an interesting subject.

I would add: leading lines.

Ok ok ok........

Remember to reset Mirror Lock Up..........

[photoguynorth]

Pay attention to what is behind your subject (no trees growing out of heads!)
Watch the corners and borders of your frame.
These are always more obvious when you look at your prints.

[steven]

Get as close as you can . . .

then get closer

[jimtfoto]

f8 and be there ....

[aam1234]

Leave space to where the movement is going, i.e space in front of a car passing.

[SnJPhoto]

If your going to tilt the camera so that the image is at a diagonal and there is running water in the background, always provide tilt so that you have the water flowing down hill.

[BearSummer]

Ok here's my contribution

1, Beauty does not happen in isolation, you may come across a scene that is wonderful, dont become totally fixated on the "one" scene. Take the obvious photograph, now "look behind you" and find the not so obvious photograph. If you can find one picture there is sure to be a second somewhere closeby, its just a matter of finding it.

2, Never "Work" with new equipment. Make sure that you know how your equipment works before you have to us it in anger.

3, The photographer makes the photograph not the equipment. Good equipment just makes doing the hard things easier.

Best regards

BearSummer

[lucasdigital]

A couple I know of are:

Any other good rules/tips?

The things that strike me (being a complete photography noob)

1. Carry the burdon of tripod - for it shall calmeth your photorgraphic ferver, forcing you to actually look at the subject and consider what you are doing.

2. Question the subject - 6 out of ten of my photographs are of things that looked great that fooled me into thinking that they would also make good photographs. They didn't!

So when your stopped by something that looks interesting, consider what will happen when you place it into frame. More and more, you will see me compose and study, then give a little sigh and walk on without taking the shot.

3. Less is the greater!
Another hangup that I am struggling to overcome is the idea of fitting more into a shot. Much of my post production work is re-composing shots to remove things that just add visual confusion. Now just before shooting, I ask myself "Is there anything in frame that isn't adding to the photograph, that I could remove by repositioning?". Shifting the camera takes a lot less effort than the Photoshop clone tool!

[Goofup]

All is for naught if your battery goes dead. Always have a charged up battery... and a spare!

[PhotosGuy]

KNOW your equipment.
Shoot what interests you.
If you want to learn more about photography, shoot on manual. Then figure out why the shot did or didn't work out.
If you want to learn more about photography, shoot what doesn't interest you & make the pics interesting.

[aam1234]

If you want to learn more about photography, shoot what doesn't interest you & make the pics interesting.


That's an interesting proposition, will try it.