Chapter 11
Composition and dSLRs
In This Chapter
Understanding composition basics
Shooting portrait poses and other people shots
Snapping publicity and PR photos
Photographing architecture and landscapes extraordinaire
Taking travel shots for gadabouts
In some respects, a digital SLR makes achieving good composition a tiny bit easier than with non-SLR cameras, even though the eye and skills of the photographer bear the final responsibility. Some photographers say, with justification, that good composition should be exactly the same, whether you’re using a digital SLR or the least-expensive point-and-shoot camera. Other photographers say that those folks need to spend more time using a dSLR. Some significant differences exist between composing photos with a snapshooting camera and a digital SLR, the primary one being that you can do it.
Your basic non-SLR camera might rely on a tiny ...
Get Digital SLR Cameras and Photography For Dummies, 5th Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
