I totally get that distinction now that I've worked both ways. And I largely agree with you.
But the field photographer has the ability to move around the scene in 3-space and use different focal length glass on his camera. By positioning himself and changing focal lengths he can make objects in the scene change positions relative to each other to a large extent, even occluding objects with others to alter what's visible. I'd argue that's composing. But he doesn't get the complete freedom of the studio shooter to arbitrarily arrange the scene and light, that's for sure. On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 9:07 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > Minor personal nit. I always have a bit of a problem when > photographers talk about composition and they are not doing studio > work. When you're making a drawing, a painting, etc, you're composing > something in the medium. With a camera in a studio, you are composing > scenes on a stage and then framing them—that's composition to me. In > the field with a camera, you're not composing anything: you're > *framing* what you see. It's a not-so-subtle difference. -- -bmw -- 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.
