From the course: Learning Natural Light Portrait Photography
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Find the right fit
From the course: Learning Natural Light Portrait Photography
Find the right fit
- [Instructor] Let's continue our conversation about composition, and here let's talk about this whole idea of how we can fit the subject within the frame. Now fit is a really interesting topic. Have you ever tried on a shirt or a jacket and it just sort of felt awkward and it wasn't quite right for you? Well that fit might be something which is good for someone else. So fit is a very subjective matter, but what we're trying to do is to get that sense that the subject belongs. Like when you put on that one jacket or that shirt and you're like yeah, this is it. So how do we do that when we're creating portraits? I think one of the ways that we do that is we really start to think about use of space. Now this may mean that we have the subject in the center of the frame, like with the photograph here, where the guy is holding the canoe, but he fits right in this perfect spot. Or my other friend, who is an artist, and he's in this old barn. He fits within the spot, and there's space around…
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