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FRAME UP
FOR SUCCESS

Use your camera’s framing
guide to set a 3x3 grid. This will
allow you to centre your
subject, as well as ensure
you maintain straight
lines.

WHY THIS CENTRALCOMPOSITION BOUNCED LIGHT NO DISTRACTIONS
A central composition is We can’t overstate how Your cutlery needs to
SHOT WORKS key in this shot. Ensure important contrast is in be the hero of your

that you not only have this type of shot. Make shot, which means a
Much like the mantra of Camera
your cutlery placed in the sure when you capture clean, complementary
School, this shot personifies
centre of your camera’s yours, you take a little background. A wooden
‘simple, done well’. It brings
viewfinder, but also that extra time out to move chopping board is the
together a familiar pairing of
you have space at the your white ‘bounce perfect choice, but
subjects, a background that offers
sides for your cutlery to board’ card around and make sure it’s plain. Any
subtle interest without stealing the
breathe. If your handles experiment. You want a stickers, intersecting
scene and uses soft, available
are too close to the edge nice clean stripe, as seen lines or clutter will take
light to get an even illumination.
of the frame, you will above, remembering to the eye away from what
Breaking down this shot, you
lose the impact of your also retain the darker is important here – your
will see the dominating central
composition and shots central area to give contrasty cutlery and
composition instantly draws the
will suffer as a result. maximum impact. central composition.
eye straight to the middle of your
image. There’s a nice level of crisp
contrast that’s aided by the light
that was bounced back into the
darker side, giving plenty of visual
interest for the viewer. And finally,
the wooden background is
complementary and clutter free,
holding up the cutlery as a point of
interest instead of fighting against Above & left Use Live View
it. Nail these tips and you’re sure to help compose your shot
to get gold in the marking process. when shooting from above.

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