My most common photo mistake is noticing the background too late: poles, bright signs, random people behind the subject.
I started doing a quick edge scan in the viewfinder before pressing the shutter. It feels slow now, but I already throw away fewer photos. Does that check eventually become automatic?
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The scan gets faster, but I think the bigger change is you start composing with the background in mind before the camera even comes up. For...
The scan gets faster, but I think the bigger change is you start composing with the background in mind before the camera even comes up.
For me it stopped being a separate step and turned into part of framing.
Same. I don’t always consciously think “pole, sign, stranger,” but my hands move the frame away from bad edges pretty quickly now.
Took a while, though. It was very deliberate at first.
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I’d say yes, but you’ll still have the occasional embarrassing miss. The brain just gets better at flagging clutter before you press the shu...
I’d say yes, but you’ll still have the occasional embarrassing miss. The brain just gets better at flagging clutter before you press the shutter.
That little habit is already paying off if you’re throwing away fewer frames.
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Yes, it becomes automatic, but not because you stop looking. It turns into a faster scan after enough reps. I still do the edge check every...
Yes, it becomes automatic, but not because you stop looking. It turns into a faster scan after enough reps.
I still do the edge check every time, just much quicker than when I started.
This. It’s less like “I never think about it now” and more like the background starts jumping out at you sooner.
I still miss things if I’m rushing, so I wouldn’t expect it to disappear completely.