0Next time you pick up a camera, do not take a photograph, but make a photograph. Look at the picture in front of your eyes and go over the following attributes before you click the shutter:
i. Colour / black and white: What is approprite?
ii. Horizontal / vertical: Which format is correct for the image?
iii. Angle of light: front / left / right / back: See if a different angle improves the picture.
iv. Angle of camera: Low / middle / high.
v. Subject matter: Caption, Can you think of some words for the image?
vi. Balance: Blacks / colour vibgyor, weight / harmony. Are the colours in balance?
vii. Lens: Wide / tele. What is the proper lens for this image?
viii. Exposure: Shutter speed, sharp / motion. Should you keep it sharp or show movement?
ix. Exposure: Aperture, depth of field. Different apertures give different results.
x. Composition: Centre of interest.
xi. Composition: Shapes / square / triangle / round.
xii. Composition: Pattern.
xiii. Composition: Lines / horizon / vertical / s curve.
xiv. Composition: Framing / fore-ground / middle-ground / back-ground.
xv. Composition: Cropping, can cropping improve the image.
xvi. Emotion: Humour / cry / anger / nostalgia, does the image have any emotion.
