Sometimes the photos you have aren’t the best, especially when the subject is far away or the photo is too busy to figure out the main focus. In these cases, why not draw attention to the main focus by using a frame or elements to draw the viewer’s eyes?
In this example, it’s a lovely photo of a ballgame, but those stadium lights are very bright.
Before:
In the after photo, a frame and elements were used to draw attention to the main action – the ball game. The frame also serves as a title holder.
After:
In this example, if asked “What is the girl feeding the pigeons wearing,” you might answer “pink.” There’s another girl feeding the pigeons, blending well among them wearing grey. If you want attention focused on her, you could play with brightness and levels or effects, but a frame with some decorative bits to hide the girl in pink (and the woman on the bench looking into the camera) also works.
Before:
After:
In this final example, the original photo:
It’s a great photo, but taken from a great distance. It’s easy to tell it’s of some actors performing an outdoor play. However, as this is the only photo from the production, there were specific actors needing pointing out – so the photo below literally does that – with arrows.
There are many ways to make certain parts of your photos stand out using frames and/or elements. Be creative and have fun!
Kits: baseball – Month in Review: February by Wisteria Moments
Pigeons & Actors – Month in Review: April by Wisteria Moments
Photos: actors and pigeons: 499585 from pixabay; baseball: tpsdave from pixabay
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