September 11, 2012

• Fill the frame.... or not.

  Quite often, wanna be photographers ask me the age old question. "Should I fill the frame or leave room for the body?" Personally, I think it all depends on what your end vision is. I love to fill the frame when it comes to children. Because as a parent, I love to look at my children's faces close up (even though they are grown now). One of the biggest mistakes I see on a lot of Facebook photos is children's photos that are so far away. No need to show the entire body or the entire chair the child is sitting on. Go close for impact!

  Also, keep a strong eye on your background. Remember, that less is more. Now that fall is approaching, there will be wonderful strong colors everywhere. Place people in front of ONE single color rather than several different trees screaming fall. The eye will fall first on the colors of the background and not on the face.

  Here are some examples of filling the frame along with a clean background.

  
  Payton's red hair just pops with this green background.

  
  Using the grass as a background brings out Cameron's red dress and her amazing fun expression

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