I don't really think about it a lot. I just try to find a picture that works for me on a personal level. However, if there is something in frame that isn't working for me, I'll try to find an angle that excludes it. If eliminating it ruins the composition, I ask myself if I'll be able to clone it out in post, which I frequently do. Paul On Feb 20, 2011, at 8:44 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
> I've been thinking about how I compose shots, and I've realized that I often > go to more effort to hide things that I think will detract from the shot, > than I do trying to make everything that I might want is visible. I'd often > rather do two "detail" photos, each with a clean background, rather than one > photo with everything in it, if the background has something I don't like. > > However, I often spend a lot of time trying to compose my photos with two > thematically contrasting objects, so I don't only think about hiding things, > but what I'm showing as well. > > When you compose shots, do you think that your style is more about showing > things, or hiding things? > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
