dmitrynikonov

A Good Start

A Good Start

Clean, simple compositions often work best. At the New York Institute of Photography, I was taught the three rules for creating effective photographs:
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Clean, simple compositions often work best. At the New York Institute of Photography, I was taught the three rules for creating effective photographs:

1. Know what your subject and theme is.
2. Draw attention to the subject and theme.
3. Eliminate distractions.

In this image, I believe I achieved some success on all of the above.
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Canon EOS 600D

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Aperture 2/1 ISO 100 Shutter 1/200 Focal Length 50/1

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Sep, 2016

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