paul_nelson3 Posted February 11, 2001 Author Share Posted February 11, 2001 I got more than I bargained for!Again, Thanks mates,PN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony_brookes Posted February 12, 2001 Share Posted February 12, 2001 You've had a pretty comprehensive set of answers Paul but they partly conflict as expected. I have learnt my strongest lessons by looking at photographs by great photographers say Brandt, Kertesz, Adams etc. and asked myself how I would have framed the picture. In many cases I can see why my framing would have been wrong and ineffectual. You will learn to see how they would view something and follow the same ideas yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob F. Posted February 12, 2001 Share Posted February 12, 2001 I agree with Anthony in that I have learned by studying the photos of others, as well as a few classic painters. An example would be a photo of a person placed at the edge of the frame, and facing out of the frame, not into it. I think this can be powerful, and I don't know that I would have ever thought of it on my own. BTW, it later occured to me that Degas, in particular, might have been influenced by photography! Maybe he was trying to emulate the spontaneous look of a photo. In one of his paintings, of a ballet studio, there is a man walking out of the frame at the extreme right. I can hear the photo II instructor saying, "Now you should have been looking more more carefully, and waited until he was gone. You want to include only the important elements. The man is leading the eye out of the frame, which is wrong." But is it? ALways? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted March 20, 2001 Share Posted March 20, 2001 I have a thread on rule of the thirds in Minox Photography forum <p> <a href="http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=001mKS">About Rule of the Thirds </a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted March 20, 2001 Share Posted March 20, 2001 Visual art begins with seeing<p><a href="http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=001Fk6">Seeing and Image </a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted March 20, 2001 Share Posted March 20, 2001 Lines, straight, curved, serpentine .....are one of the basic elememt of visual design.<p> William Horgarth in "The Analysis of Beauty" had extensivediscussion on the beauty of serpentine lines.<p> Lines play a even more important role in Oriental arts <p> <a href="http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=001cLp">One Lines </a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted March 20, 2001 Share Posted March 20, 2001 Paul<p> Kodak site has a good introduction to composition in photography <p><a href="http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/education/programs/composition/photoProgramCompMainClass.shtml">http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/education/programs/composition/photoProgramCompMainClass.shtml</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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