PROtography

One of the awesome things we did on the trip to DC was go on a "Photo Safari" in Georgetown. The second day we were in DC we met our tour guide and a group of photography enthusiasts at "The Old Stone House". Bryonny, Kristi and I, with our cameras in hand, set out to learn how to be a PROtographer. That's right we are now practically pros at photography.

Here are some tips and examples...

This is an example of a picture I took before the Photo Safari: Note that it is 2-dimensional and dull. (No offense to my subjects.)(Bry and Kristi on the 4th of July with the Washington Monument in the background.)

To give your photo dimension, have the subject face sideways and then turn their face towards the camera - giving a third dimension to an otherwise flat looking photo.

(Bryonny outside the old stone house in Georgetown.)

Get close to the subject. Fill the frame with the desired object.

(Kristi at Washington Harbor in the shade of her umbrella.)

Frame your photos with tree branches, archways, bushes and flowers.

(The Arlington Cemetery comes alive (muah hahahahaha) with the tree framing it.)

Get down low and look up at your subject.

(This is my friend Nathan taking some shots of us at Mount Vernon. Although you can't see the resulting pictures, they were superb. We taught him all he knows about photography, or maybe we taught him all we know about photography. )

Keep your verticals as straight as possible.

(This is Bry outside the gardens at the Smithsonian Castle.)

For more photography tips, you should take a class or pay me money. That is all the free advise I can afford right now.