Tip #4: Contrast is King
When we look at a photograph, our eye is naturally drawn to the brightest part of the image or that the part that has the strongest contrast. Very often that is a face (or multiple faces) and we tend to gravitate or spend more time, looking at a photograph of a face or that has faces in it, and more often than not a face will be a point of contrast, unless off course we intend for it NOT to be.
Walking in contrast
As I talked about in tip #1, the camera has no clue what it is you are trying to photograph, so be sure that you make the decisions.
Perhaps a ‘scene’ has a strong sense of contrast. Perhaps it has little. Perhaps it is primarily dark with a few bright areas. Can you use this as an advantage in making an interesting photograph?
I am not saying that all photographs absolutely must have strong contrast. But more often than not, strong contrast make a more compelling photograph.
Continue reading this article go to Tip #5: Composition and understanding the “rule of thirds”, or go back to the introduction.