( f/2.8 200mm 1/640 sec ISO 200 Nikon D300 )
Since there isn't a theme today, I thought I would give a lesson. In photography there are some rules of composition. The most common method is the Rule of Thirds. This is where you divide the photo into thirds and end up with nine equal parts. Then you put the features of the subject at the intersecting points or on the lines. Another composition technique is the Golden Spiral. This photo is not an exact golden spiral, but is close enough to it. Flowers are a common subject for this technique. One other technique is Framing. This is where the main subject is surrounded by other elements of the photo. A common example is where foreground trees are used to box in the subject. These are called rules, but rules are meant to be broken and if you break the rules and end up with a nice picture, that is really all that counts.
2 comments:
Nice spiral. I think you should have guest posters and give an assignment...not like a particular photo for a day, but maybe like a "rule" or theme that could last a week or so and then have all of your camera friends and blog followers submit a photo just to keep things interesting. Like you could do general things like holidays or whatever and then do rule of thirds or something...maybe like once a month...I bet you could find a few people to submit!
Sounds like that could be a fun idea. But I bet everyone would suggest a Jameson assignment. I think you could use the triplets to show the rule of thirds.
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