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Tip of the Day 14th Jan 2013.

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  • Nick's Blog
Jan 14 2013

TIP 1: When shooting outdoors (or indoors even) remember to also try composing with the camera tilted into a portrait mode, i.e. on its side. This can often ‘tighten up’ a composition and make it more interesting.
This contortion becomes easier if your SLR camera has a battery grip as these usually come with a shutter button which, when the camera is turned, ends up on top (depending on which way you turn the camera!).

If you have plans to sell your work through an agency, around 60% of sales are from portrait format images – picture editors love them for magazine covers and find them easier to crop anyway. Remember to leave some space top and bottom for titles and captions if this is a route you want to travel down.

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  1. Heidi Stewart 

    Great advice Nick! Although I haven’t as yet any plans to sell my work through an agency I always try to remember to take shots in portrait made anyway (as well as landscape). It can sometimes make a big difference to your image, turning it from ok to something special (depending on what you have taken).

    Loving these tips you have started – they really do help and make you think more.

    Very much looking forward to the next one! 🙂

    January 15, 2013 at 7:26 am Reply

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