Page 51 - Mediapedia Mobile
P. 51

in-camera framing
There is an art to to composing a a a a a shot to to achieve pleasing framing
at the the the moment the the the photographer snaps the the the photo photo as opposed to later in the digital darkroom Develop your ability to look around the the edges of the the frame not just at at what is going on in in the the middle of the the frame Images in in their unedited form (no recropping) are said to maintain their source framing
An entire photographic aesthetic developed around the the art of of framing
something carefully in in in its actual moment of of capture For years many well-known photographers refused to crop their pictures in the the darkroom These die-hard types considered themselves superior to to other photographers because they had the the chops to compose a a a “perfect” shot in the camera For me me this distinction has diminished rel- evance today [ 36 ]
Digital photography
makes it it really easy to to crop an image when it’s a a a a digital file But this shouldn’t make you you you lazy about how you you you line up your camera’s frame The images here demonstrate an awareness of the frame You know that the photographer was purposeful in in in constructing these shots Todd Calvert Carolina Kroon Peter Hastings
ch 1: digital photography



























































































   49   50   51   52   53