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you should get in so close that you have nothing in the shot but your subject’s face, but
rather that you should be close enough so that you aren’t adding anything to the image
that you don’t want to see. This is usually done by sticking to the third-line principle of
framing the head near the top third of the frame. When I hand my camera to someone
else to take my photo, I always chuckle to myself when I look at the image afterwards
and my head is completely centered in the frame. I usually just go into editing software
and crop out the excess headroom, making it look like it was composed properly. However,
it’s much easier and more efficient to do as much of the work in-camera as possible.
The great thing about the 70D is that you can add a grid overlay to your LCD monitor
when shooting in Live View to help you with the composition.
Setting up the grid display for Live View shooting
1. Press the Menu button and go to the
first Live View shooting menu tab
(fifth tab from the left).
2. Use the Quick Control Dial and scroll
down to the Grid Display menu
item (A).
3. Press the Set button and select the grid
of your choosing (B). I prefer the 3x3
grid because it clearly shows the third-
lines on the frame without too much
distraction. Press the Set button to lock
in this change.
4. Press the Live View shooting button, located on the back of your camera, and you’ll
see a grid overlay on your LCD monitor (C).
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B
C
A
