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A place to politely discuss the tools, technique and culture of photography.

This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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How to take better pictures of my girlfriend? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by pastiIIas@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I struggle hard with framing and can't seem to piece it out in a snap. Whenever I'm with my girlfriend, I always take bad pictures of her (compared to when she's taking mine). It pains me to see this since her outfit might go to waste without a great picture of her for the day. How do I become better at finding angles and composition when using my phone to take pictures?

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[–] Donglefree@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Always frame for less, and then crop even more to make it work, anyway. I’ve learned that there’s an art of exclusion in photography.

Let me tell you a story:

Many years ago, when I first started, I made the stupid decision of buying a 50mm for an aps c camera without realizing 50mm on an aps c is not truly ‘50mm’ people talk up. I couldn’t afford any other lens for a good while, so I stuck with it anyway.

A year later, I got a 35, and 23 few more years either way. And I can tell you, it always gets harder as you go wider.

So going back to the thesis, I suggest framing for less and cropping even tighter to get rid of things that you don’t want, then start taking a few steps back (or use wider focal length.)