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<blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 458776" data-attributes="member: 13196"><p> <ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">First I determine my subject.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Then I decide which composition element(s) I want to incorporate--such as Selective Focus, Leading Lines, Framing, Dynamics (such as diagonal lines or a high contrast scene), Rule of Thirds, and/or any other elements that help showcase my subject.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">What focal length will help me accomplish the above?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">And I determine what shutter speed will be necessary--either fast if it is breezy and/or necessary or slow if motion is something I want to incorporate (sometimes having to change my ISO to accomplish this).</li> </ol><p></p><p>And sometimes I do all the above shooting from different vantage points. What shot I might like while I'm out shooting may not be my favorite capture when viewing the photos on my computer.</p><p></p><p>In all honesty, when you've done it enough, the above starts to become second nature. It reminds me of learning how to ride a bike. Initially you struggle to think of all these different things (or realize later you've forgotten to do some of them), but as you focus your attention on what to do, over time it becomes more automatic. I find myself looking at the scene while my fingers are changing the aperture, but I'm not giving any direct thought to selective focus. Just like when you steer the bike to the right or to the left to avoid a nail, you don't think <em>what do I do so I don't run over it??</em> You start to react automatically. THAT's why it is important to intentionally work on each compositional element until it becomes ingrained into your actions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hark, post: 458776, member: 13196"] [LIST=1] [*]First I determine my subject. [*]Then I decide which composition element(s) I want to incorporate--such as Selective Focus, Leading Lines, Framing, Dynamics (such as diagonal lines or a high contrast scene), Rule of Thirds, and/or any other elements that help showcase my subject. [*]What focal length will help me accomplish the above? [*]And I determine what shutter speed will be necessary--either fast if it is breezy and/or necessary or slow if motion is something I want to incorporate (sometimes having to change my ISO to accomplish this). [/LIST] And sometimes I do all the above shooting from different vantage points. What shot I might like while I'm out shooting may not be my favorite capture when viewing the photos on my computer. In all honesty, when you've done it enough, the above starts to become second nature. It reminds me of learning how to ride a bike. Initially you struggle to think of all these different things (or realize later you've forgotten to do some of them), but as you focus your attention on what to do, over time it becomes more automatic. I find myself looking at the scene while my fingers are changing the aperture, but I'm not giving any direct thought to selective focus. Just like when you steer the bike to the right or to the left to avoid a nail, you don't think [I]what do I do so I don't run over it??[/I] You start to react automatically. THAT's why it is important to intentionally work on each compositional element until it becomes ingrained into your actions. [/QUOTE]
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