How To Compose More Effective Backgrounds

[cagg1120]

Here's my blog post on composing effective backdrops and creating better photographs because of it. Full article with examples and tips can be seen here: Photography Tip World: The Importance of Backgrounds- How to Use Backdrops to Improve Your Photography

Professional photographers know that setting up a shot and concentrating on the subject is crucial, but the importance of backgrounds should not be overlooked. This is a problem among amateurs, who set-up spectacular landscape or portrait shots, just to find out something in their background ruined the photograph to begin with. What you capture behind your subject can often make or break your photographs. Generally speaking, there are two approaches to developing an appealing background in your photographs:

-Clean and Simple- With straightforward, uncomplicated backdrops you can isolate the true topic of your image and accentuate the details of your subject. By keeping your backdrops uncluttered, you identify the central theme of your photograph for the viewer. Make sure that whatever background you choose complements the story you're trying to tell.

-Intricate and Complicated- Intricate backgrounds are potentially beneficial because they can tell a story all their own. Try not to have backgrounds that detract from the overall meaning of the photograph. Instead, they should add a sense of place.

[cagg1120]

Hope this helps. Thanks for your time.

[RichardTaylor]

It's a good tute.
Thanks for the posting.

[cagg1120]

Thanks for your feedback. Hope you can check out some more stuff: Photography Tip World

[bdbolin]

My suggestion is to increase the size of your images in your posts. Those thumbnails don't do your postings any justice.... just a some advice for your blog. ex: 600px is standard.

Cheers!

[cagg1120]

Thanks for your feedback. I've tried rather unsucessfully to do fix just this in one batch. But it seems to screw up my design (not like that doesn't need any work either ). I also browsed your website. Found it interesting---I love the concept and URL.