From the course: Photography Foundations: Composition
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Subject and background
From the course: Photography Foundations: Composition
Subject and background
I've got a question for you. What is the subject of this image that you're looking at right now? This is not a trick question. I really want you to think about this. You may immediately think well, obviously you're the subject of that image. But am I really the subject of this image? If I'm the subject then what's the lodge there for? What are the mountains there for? Take a look at this image instead. If I'm the subject, this is a much better composition. Now I am plainly the subject and the lodge is in the background, compared to here where I'm competing with the lodge, or the lodge is competing with me. If you want a picture of the lodge then you don't really need me standing here. This just looks kind of weird. In fact, you start getting a strange sense about this image that maybe I'm trying to imply that this is my lodge or something like that. If you want a picture of me then you don't really need the lodge there, because I'm smaller in the frame and the bulk of the frame is…
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What all good compositions have1m 8s
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Subject and background3m 5s
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Balance7m 20s
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Point of view3m 22s
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Simplicity2m 59s
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Finding and capturing a good photo2m 11s
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Working the shot: Why one is never enough6m 41s
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Practicing3m 24s
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Why black and white?2m 21s
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Exercise: Practicing the fundamentals with points4m 17s
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