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Snapping Good Pictures: Use Rule of Thirds
Rule of Thirds guides you toward capturing the best photo
It’s not my rule, but I’ve heard it a hundred times since I first picked up a camera. If you haven’t heard about using this rule to capture the “true essence” of the photo, you can find out more from digital photography pro, Darren Rowse. I was looking through his blog, Digital Photography School, and ran across this post which I’d like to share with you. Just might help you snap better pictures!
Perhaps the most well know principle of photographic composition is the ‘Rule of Thirds‘.
The “Rule of Thirds” one of the first things that budding digital photographers learn about in classes on photography and rightly so as it is the basis for well balanced and interesting shots.
I will say right up front however that rules are meant to be broken and ignoring this one doesn’t mean your images are necessarily unbalanced or uninteresting. However a wise person once told me that if you intend to break a rule you should always learn it first to make sure your breaking of it is all the more effective!
What is the Rule of Thirds?
The basic principle behind the rule of thirds is to imagine breaking an image down into thirds (both horizontally and vertically) so that you have 9 parts. As follows.
Need a Housewarming Gift? Make a Personalized Guest Registry.
Someone will surely bring wine. Or a floral arrangement. 
Or a china platter. But you can bring a unique gift that the new home owners will treasure forever.
Make a personalized guest registry in which all the well-wishers can record their congratulations and useful advice for the new homeowners.
Photo Book Guest Register
Use photos of the house, moving day, family members helping with the move or painting the rooms. Take photos of the yard, the front door, the picket fence. Have fun with your photos and everyone will have fun signing the book and reliving the memories. Choose register style as well as background (or not) for your photos and register pages. It’s fast and easy. A housewarming guest register makes a memorable gift!
Make Your Garden Photogenic
Yes, it’s winter — and maybe you have snow and temps far too cold to think about gardening.
But this is the time to plan what to put in your garden to make it a good photo spot and attractive to insects and wildlife that would make great photo subjects.
Here’s a post from Digital-Photography-School.com that offers some tips on mastering simple backyard photography. Put these ideas into action and you can develop a terrific array of garden settings for snapping those digital pictures.
Don’t Forget Winter Garden Photos continue reading
You have three photo printing options when you upload your digital pictures to lifephoto.com — Traditional, Metallic or Eco Friendly. Find out more about each.
Traditional Picture Printing.
Lifephoto uses Kodak E-surface paper for 
traditional photo printing. It has a matte surface that minimizes glare. Photographic paper ensures the richest, clearest images possible in sizes up to 20″ × 30″. This is the same paper used by professional studios. continue reading
Tips to Get Creative Photos of Kids
Some pro photographers snap very creative shots of kids. 
They know how and when to capture the poses, the looks, the emotions. But typically it costs a lot of money for that kind of photo shoot. You can pick up a few tips to help you achieve some of those results yourself. Read this post from the blog at Photography Bay. It’s full of simple, useful tips to help you capture those unique moments. continue reading
Taking Family Holiday Photos is Like Herding Cats
Everyone is getting together for Thanksgiving, Christmas dinner, a holiday party 
or New Year’s Eve. You’re going to want to take some photos of Grandma with all the grandchildren, all your aunts and uncles, all the cousins or of everyone gathered around the holiday table. How do you set up your shots and how do you position people so that you get a great result?
Digital photo pro — and blogger — Darren Rowse offers some terrific tips on getting the group photo job done — and done well. Darren’s post includes photo ideas, but I’ve also included a few group shots that reflect a fresh photo perspective. continue reading
3 Vital Tips for Backing Up Digital Photo Originals
Digital photos are terrific! Easy to take — easy to share — and easy 
to use for prints and other photo products. But digital photos are also easy to delete. One slip of the mouse and they’re gone!
Here are a few tips for backing up your photo originals — from T.J. Dinsmoor at The Lab by Apollo-Imagizing — a pro photographer’s blog that I follow. continue reading
Keep the Good Times Alive — Use Your Photos!
Use ‘em or lose ‘em! 
Don’t take the photos, look at them once and stash them away in a drawer. Use the photos to keep the great memories alive.
Follow Simple Photo Gifts for fresh ideas on taking better photos and using them for simple, creative and inexpensive photo gifts — books, booklets, notebooks, personal posters, day planners, accordion cards, photo playing cards and more.
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