A Sunday in Seattle PLUS Feature Blog - Fill your frame

Don't ask me for directions...
This blog comes a little late tonight - mostly because I have no personal sense of direction, really.

I went and shot an amazingly fun engagement session at Discovery Park in Seattle this afternoon where I definetly got my workout in. I knew I was out of shape, but wow.
After parting ways with Amanda and Brandon, we somehow found our way much farther north than needed... As the driver, I seriously found my way to the Fremont Troll and Archie McPhee's without any intentions of doing so. My phone died and therefore so did my GPS.

My assistant for the day (Alex) and I found our way back to downtown and ate at Blue C and did a little shopping at Teavana before heading back to our little corner of Washington.

Favorite quotes for the day:
*"Can we frolic?"
*"I forgot my glider..."
*"Okay. Now you can bite her."
*"Who wants to wear the hiking shoes?"
*"Do you know what the worst part is?" "We could have driven?"
*"I'm going to fall..." "You're not going to fall. I've got you." "I'm falling!"

Overall I had a great day - thanks so much in part to Amanda and Brandon, and my assistant Alex.


Feature Blog - Fill your frame
The easiest and best thing you can start with for better at home photography is fill your frame.
Zoom in so that your subjects are the main focus of the photo, but don't forget to leave at least a little around the edges. This is so that no matter what size is printed or when the photo goes into a frame, no one is being cut off.

Here is an example:

Just a little prenote here: I did not take this photo. This was at my cousin's wedding last summer - while I was snapping away at the wedding party, someone snapped this shot of my son and (now) fiancee.

This is the original picture taken:

Note how it's a cute photo, but the different lighting from the room and adjoining hallway, carpet patterns, the vase with reeds, and the people at the next table take away from the two of them.

I flipped the photo from landscape to portrait and zoomed in just enough to cut out a lot of the distractions in the background.

Stay tuned. Our next feature blog will have more simple tips to make your home photography a little more frame-tastic!