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Six composition mistakes you didn’t know you were making and how to fix them

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Composition is one of the things that many photographers struggle with. The technical side of photography is pretty straightforward, and while there are “rules” to composition, it’s a largely subjective and artistic aspect. This makes it more difficult. We don’t always see the best composition right away. Sometimes, we ignore elements of the image that we don’t notice until we get back home and see them on our computer screens.

But how can you fix it? In this video, photographer Saurav Sinha takes a look at six common composition mistakes you could be making and how you can fix them.

If you’re not improving as a photographer, these could be the reasons why

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In everything you do in life, there’s always room for growth and improvement. Photography is no exception. However, there are times in life when we feel like we’re stagnating and not getting any better, and it may be difficult to figure out why. What’s stopping us from becoming better? What can we change? In this video, Saurav Sinha gives you five possible reasons why you’re not improving as a photographer. Do you feel any of these applies to you when you feel like you’re stagnating?

This is how the metering modes in your camera work

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Metering is one of those strange aspects of photography. It’s actually a rather straightforward principle, but it seems complex to new camera users due to unfamiliar terminology like “spot”, “evaluative” and “incident”. But it’s pretty easy to get to grips with.

In this video, photographer Saurav Sinha, goes over the basic metering modes that are common to pretty much all cameras. Those are spot, centre weighted and matrix or evaluative metering. There are other brand-specific metering modes available on some cameras, but these are the ones you’ll come across most often.

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