Photography; Clear the Scene

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I’m sure lots of time you noticed some unwanted things in the scene while you are reviewing your pictures that you didn’t see while taking the pictures. It happens… There can be a tree trunk, power lines etc. Try to be more careful about them, before taking the shot scan the scene from your visor and change your position if necessary. One step back or forward , left or right , or slightly changing the angle, zooming in will solve the problem (most of the time).

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I personally hate the power lines, especially when I’m taking pictures in the city. In a narrow street it is hard to eliminate them, Imagine there are cables of a power line in front of a nice old building , if you get closer to the building to get rid of the cables, the angle gets narrower and you cannot capture whole building, if you want to capture the whole building and move back a little then you also include the power line cables in the scene, and this makes me crazy. But if you are shooting landscapes away from city, it is easier to eliminate the high-voltage power lines by closing your subject (which is probably quite distant) until you prevent the cables entering the scene.

Sometimes these unwanted things are more simple and you don’t need to move yourself, just move them out of screen. It can be a plastic bag in the scene or box etc. In some cases people can be the unwanted things in the scene, just wait until they leave. As an example you want to take the pictures of Niagara Falls from observation tower, in this case do not wait for people to leave the scene, they won’t , i mean of course they will leave but than another group will come and stand right in front of your camera, just ask them kindly to leave the area empty for a couple of seconds. As i mentioned before if the scene is not that crowded just wait, be patient.