| Framing: |
Framing as a compositional element plays an important role in photography. For this project use your imagination! Look around you for a foreground element you can use to create a frame within the picture’s frame.
The framing element not only isolates and emphasizes a subject, but also imparts a feeling of depth. As an added benefit, it can be used to obscure distracting details or to create an interesting foreground where none otherwise exists.
As a compositional technique, framing is often used to turn an otherwise plain scene into a perfectly harmonious one or to heighten a picture’s impact.
The shape of a frame is also important. A rectangular frame quietly reinforces the frame of the photograph while circular, curved, and irregular frames are dynamic and draw more attention to themselves.
Look for unusual fames, such as a car door window or a side view mirror. Frames that contrast with the area they surround, either in color or intensity of tone, are also dramatic.
|
|