September 18, 2009 You knew it had to come back to this, right? I know, everyone is screaming by now “But Jason, you’ve talked about the Rule of Thirds until the cows literally came home!” Truth be told though, most people think about compositional positioning with their subject matter. While it’s true that subjects are ideally placed on ...
Tags: composition, Elements of Control, photographyAnnouncements, Articles, competition, composition, Content, personal, photography, potd September 17, 2009 Have you ever seen something that looks so out of place that it catches your eye? Well catch it with your lens too, because contextual positioning of subjects in interesting or unusual/unexpected areas creates visual interest. This is what I refer to as controlling the context of your subject. So many times I’ve heard people ...
Tags: Articles, composition, context, Elements of Control, photography, photos, potdAssignments, composition, Content, education, personal, photography, potd September 15, 2009 Yesterday was all about light and the way that contrasts or changes in that light can have a pretty dramatic impact on your work when you present it to others. Of equal importance to photography though is the element of color. If you don’t take color shades and variances into consideration, then you have lost ...
Tags: color, Elements of Control, photography, potdNews, photography, potd September 14, 2009 This week I am doing something special here on the blog – starting a week long series on the subject of Control. We can control our photography in several different ways, and I’ve seen different outlets talk about each of these (and others) to a certain degree, but I’ve not seen many that address all ...
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