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Which says more, a solitary Clown or a "pair" of
obvious different size? Should Anthiines be shown in
"couples"... would a group shoaling tell a better
story?
Can you make out the definitive dark undersides of these
Maldivian Clownfish, Amphiprion nigripes? Are these
Pseudanthias bartlettorum or P. evansi? How would
you know w/o their pink showing?
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| Who wants to see a boring Dascyllus suspended
mid-water? How much more interesting is an image when it relates
how an animal makes its life... here diving into a bit of Cat's
Paw Coral. |
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| Display the types of relationships your subjects
enjoy to tolerate. Think for your intended audience... "What
sorts of information can I convey"? What will this image state
regarding how large these respective elements are, how they orient
to light, gravity, to each other...? |
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There are exceptions, but by and large you should strive to
create/record compositions that display three dimensional
objects, animals... in three dimensions... two in two...
If, for presentation's sake you are soft focusing some
part of a subject of primary interest, make sure it's head is
in focus.
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Take a look at the major magazines (the ones with the people on
the covers...) and you will see they're all "looking at
you"...
Get the eyes.
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Find out who you're working for... they'll supply
guidelines, valuable information on formats, methods of
submission.
Take pix of everything that catches your eye... write, submit
"travelogues" to in-flight, local-regional magazines...
publish to your own website for practice...
No doesn't mean "no", it means, not this, not
right now... ask, what is it going to take to make this deal
work?
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| Shoot both! Turn those cameras! Leave dead space
for Headers, Footers, margin tables, text... |
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| Fill those frames... and keep all in perspective...
too many images are "where's the fish"? |
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| Again... use that exposure/focus lock button and
don't center, but don't go to far off the edge in
positioning the principal elements of your photographs. |
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| Help is available... Use it... Just starting out?
Do the "scientific" route and just manipulate one
variable at a time... |
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| A pitch for all those who might say to you, me, or
whoever, "That's not how you do it"! |
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| Thank you my friends. |
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