Framing
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Finding good framing shots was tougher than I expected. Maybe it's not. Maybe it's just me.
#1 was from inside a dugout at my daughter's school. I saw that one right away however I wish it had a more interesting background.
#2 is looking down my driveway. It was evening sun and I liked the angle of where the sun was.
#3 consisted of me climbing into my kids' playhouse and using the window as a frame for my photo. With this one, I like the background and what's framed however I do not particularly like the frame itself.
#4 is looking down the path of an ATV trail. My husband and I enjoy taking a ride every once in a while and before I even said anything, he stopped and let me get off to take the photo. I'm standing in an opening in the woods and the trees on both sides form a natural tunnel feel as you're entering it. By far my favorite.
#5 again consisted partly of my child's playhouse. Instead of simply a tree in the background, I placed the bubbles in the center of the frame to draw your eye to something. Not sure if it worked that well and in hindsight, I should've picked something different there.
I also found it more difficult to find natural framing opportunities than what I had expected it to be. I think you may have been running into the same problem I was having, I was finding framing opportunities but there was no subject within the frame to really photograph. I ended up relying on being able to move my children around to where I wanted them so I would have a subject. I think that picture #2 is beautiful but I think it may fall better under the technique of using leading lines rather than framing but I may be wrong. I also love #4. Nature is so beautiful. I think I would've tried to add a subject into the picture (the husband) just at the end of where the path rises before it dips. I may have had them walking away from you because the line of the path is creating a movement that draws your eye right to that particular spot and it would create an image of someone walking away in the woods. That is a really great spot and I would keep that in mind for many future opportunities. I can see you using this spot to capture family members holding hands going for a stroll, or a soldier returning home, or a pair of friends riding bikes. So many opportunities with that setting. Great job.
ReplyDeleteI love #4 as well. It reminds me of Robert Frost, "I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." I also agree with Amanda, that adding a subject at the end of the path would have also been interesting.
ReplyDeleteI am glad to see you have taken so many photos. I think AD has hit the nail right on the head, and you have mentioned it as well, that framing really works best when there is a subject to be framed. Keep trying and it will come. Great work so far!
ReplyDeleteI really, really like your second image, the one of your driveway, the color of the light and the shadows are striking. The winding driveway also leads your eye through the photograph!
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