How to improve your photographs

When you’re looking to take a photograph that will look great on canvas, you’ll want to be sure that your photos are as good as they can be. There’s no point printing on canvas a photos that is blurred, badly framed or just doesn’t live up the ideas you have for your image.

So here are a few useful tips to taking better photos, and getting the most out of your photography.
Use ‘Thirds’ in your framing and composition.

When composing your subject in your viewfinder; imagine the frame as being in three equal thirds. Placing your subject off centre, to the left or right, create a dynamic composition.

When you’re taking a photo of a moving subject, frame the shot that they are moving into the empty two thirds of the frame, leaving space within the image for them to travel into.

Close up!
Too often photographs are taken from too far away. If you’re taking a picture of your children or your pet, don’t do it from a distance. Get in nice and close and allow them to dominate the frame. Making them the focus of the picture will create a far more interesting composition. Try to think of it as a desire to illuminate any negative space. Make your subject THE subject of the photo.

Dynamic angles
A common trick to inject a bit of dynamism into the frame is to angle the camera, for example a 45 degree angle of a half body shots makes the subject of the photo go from corner to corner. This will look much more exciting on the photo, and on canvas.