Macro Magazine May 2017 | Page 8

Lighting- Lighting is key in photography as your image may not work with bad lighting, however, you can, to an extent, Colour- Colour is very useful for creating a beautiful image as you can contrast different bright colours together to make maniuplate the amount of light entering a camera with your shutter speed. the slower the shutter speed the more light enters an incredibly eye-catching photograph which really stands out from the rest as colourful images always looks more the camera, making the image lighter. This technique only works if done correctly, if you let too much light enter the camera eye-catching than black and white photographs however, black and white photographs have a certain effect to them your image may become too bright which may overpower the image. which looks incredible when used appropriatly. Basic Camera Techniques Moments- If you have the right moment you will capture a truly beautiful image. when taking pictures you must always have Editing- Editing is a good way to sharpen or change your image in a way you think it’ll make it more visually pleasing, al- an eye out for any possible moment a good photograph will come to light. Sometimes, it just takes a perfect moment to have though at times editing can be too much for simple images wich overdue to simple effect the image has like above. a fantastic image. Composition is always important as images look better with the focus on the object not in the center but REMEMBER: Editing is not a way to make a bad photo look good. It only makes good photos look bettter. To use a meta- either left or right of the center. phor, you can’t make rubbish look pretty by adding glitter. Yet you can make a unicorn look prettier with glitter. P8 P9