OH! Magazine - Australian Version August 2014 (Australian Version) | Page 21

GARETH
CHRISTIAN

3 TIPS FOR BETTER
PHOTOGRAPHY

www.garethchrstianphotography.com

( Life Through The Lens )

portrait

Lets face it, photos of people are extremely important. So here are some
top tips from accredited and experienced professional photographer
Gareth Christian, to ensure the next mugshot you take is a keeper!
1 Focus the viewer’s attention

3 Understand
lighting

Make sure the face is in pin-sharp
focus and do your best to blur the
background out. This forces a viewers
attention onto the “hero” of the image
(i.e., the person in the shot).

That ‘face towards the
sun’ rule that we all grew
up hearing from Uncle
Bo