Photography is about representing a three dimensional scene in a two dimensional image. When we first start to use a camera, we tend to fixate on our subject matter, to the detriment of other elements within the scene. This makes our initial attempts look flat and two dimensional. There are a number of ways that […]
Photographic Composition Articles
Composing the right frame when it comes to portraits may sound like an easy task, but when you take into consideration that you’ll need to have the focus on the right spot, the light hitting from the right angle and keeping in mind the things you can and can’t crop from the photo, while maintaining the fibonacci golden ratio or rule of thirds, you’ll realize it is far from easy. After you get enough practice, you won’t even notice all of the things you’re considering at the same time. But, until then, don’t forget to include all of these aspects when practising portrait photography.
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The Golden Ratio is also known as the Divine Proportion. This is because it occurs virtually everywhere in nature. When we are shooting, our eyes are naturally accustomed to seeing this proportion wherever we look. If in our compositions we break this natural ratio, the image will look uncomfortable, jarring our eyes. The rule of thirds is one of the most fundamental composition techniques in photography. It works because it is very close to the Divine Proportion and our eyes accept it as natural. However, if you want to take your compositions to the next level you can apply Fibonacci’s rules to two more advanced techniques, the Golden Rectangle and the Golden Spiral.
When I was just starting out in photography (photographing using my cell phone since I couldn’t afford film or DSLR), I was photographing mostly nature, some architecture and similar things. Back then I thought it would really suck if I was bothering people just to photograph them with my cell phone (hadn’t gone over the fear of photographing strangers yet). However, besides the low resolution jpeg file which lacked details, in every shot, no matter how good it was framed, there was always something missing. Really, I could have the most gorgeous sunset but at the end of the day it would be just that, a sunset, an event occurring every single day.
