{"id":271,"date":"2014-01-23T17:17:39","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T17:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.canvasprintersonline.com.au\/?p=271"},"modified":"2015-01-21T03:51:04","modified_gmt":"2015-01-21T03:51:04","slug":"the-simple-guide-to-taking-better-photos-for-canvas-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canvasprintersonline.com.au\/blog\/the-simple-guide-to-taking-better-photos-for-canvas-printing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Simple Guide to Taking Better Photos for Canvas Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are plenty of photography guides and tutorials out there \u2013 we’ve even done a few to help folks improve the canvas prints they were hanging on their walls. Most of these tutorials and guides are pretty technical. They talk about photography concepts like the Rule of Thirds and composition, they talk about lighting and the settings on your digital camera, or they talk about photo manipulation programs that make a lot of people\u2019s head spin with the sheer complexity of the tools.<\/p>\n

You might be someone for whom those sort of technical guides make sense. You’ve already got a lot of photos that are ideal for canvas printing and for you photography is a serious hobby \u2013 or even a profession. But for the rest of us, we thought it might make sense to offer a different sort of photography tutorial. There\u2019s nothing technical in this post, no numbers, theories, or software menus. This is how to improve your photography and the canvas prints that result simply.<\/p>\n

Simple Photography Tip for Better Canvas Prints: Eyes Open, Camera Out<\/h2>\n

The first rule of photography is that interesting stuff is all around you. If you want interest wall art from your photos, you have to take interesting pictures. The first and most important step is to always be looking, and always be ready \u2013 so your motto has to be “eyes open, camera out”. The acronym ECO almost<\/i> works!<\/p>\n

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Think of it this way: Most people rush through their lives. They walk around looking at the phone\u2019s screen, they read the paper on the bus, they stare at TVs and monitors and read books \u2013 they\u2019re not looking at the world around them. Ideal photo opportunities are always out there, you just have to see them first. And when you see them, you have to be ready to snap that photo, right away. Simply being ready will improve your photos a million percent, with no technical know-how whatsoever.<\/p>\n

Simple Photography Tip for Better Canvas Prints: Take Multiple Shots<\/h2>\n

Once you see something worth taking pictures of, whether it\u2019s a still life, a landscape, a group of people, or an object \u2013 don\u2019t just take a single photo and move on. Even when working on real film that cost real money, the best photographers took as many pictures of things as they could. Now you\u2019re in the digital world and there\u2019s absolutely no reason you can\u2019t take dozens of photos of a single scene.<\/p>\n

A little movement can\u2019t hurt, either, if you can. Keep moving to change the angle and the background. Don\u2019t think! Don\u2019t worry about composition (if you were the type to worry about composition you wouldn’t be reading this post!) just take pictures. You\u2019ll go through them later and pick the ones that have turned out great and delete the ones that are rubbish. The chances of having a single great photo goes up the more you take \u2013 it\u2019s that simple.<\/p>\n

Simple Photography Tip for Better Canvas Prints: Change Up Your Routes<\/h2>\n

When looking for something to photograph and perhaps use in canvas printing, one of the simplest and easiest techniques is to go someplace unfamiliar. We all tend to take the same routes in life \u2013 the same walk to work, the same bus ride, and the same places for lunch. After a while these places become blind spots in our minds, places and routes we’ve seen so often we don\u2019t really notice them.<\/p>\n

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Change those routes. Just picking different streets to walk down or a different way to get to work in the morning can show us the world in a new way, and show us things we haven\u2019t noticed before \u2013 things that are like as not perfect for our photography. When the visuals in our eyes are novel and new, our brain reacts differently \u2013 it\u2019s as simple as that. If you\u2019re not happy with the subjects of your photography, change up the routine of your life and remember the first tip \u2013 eyes open, camera out.<\/p>\n

Following these simple guides you\u2019re bound to wind up with a few truly spectacular photos no matter your technical prowess. When you’ve got those magical shots, click here<\/a> and we\u2019ll turn them into amazing canvas prints you\u2019ll be proud to put on display.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You might be someone for whom those sort of technical guides make sense. You’ve already got a lot of photos that are ideal for canvas printing and for you photography is a serious hobby – or even a profession. But for the rest of us, we thought it might make sense to offer a different sort of photography tutorial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n