29.01.2012

TOAP Level 4.

Art of Photography.

Part 1: The Frame.

Exercise: Fitting the frame to the subject.

Equipment: Olympus E330. 14-54 lens.

Place: Statue at landward end of Deal Pier.

Baseline.

For the baseline shot I ignored the background and took a shot with the statue slap in the centre.  There is no focus to the picture and the cluttered background allows the viewer’s eye to wander from the main subject.

Full frame.

The frame filling shot is better but the two poles to the right are a distraction.  If this was a shot I was going to use these would be erased from the picture.

Detail 2

Detail 1

Detail 1 and detail 2 are just that.  1 features the meeting of the man’s eye with the fish’s eye.  2 features the fish eye alone.  There is no chance of the viewer’s eye drifting from those eyes.  Who would notice the poor piece of Photoshop work to the right of the fish’s head in 1.

Context.

In Context I have placed the statue at the landward end of the pier.  The statue fills almost two thirds of the shot and now fulfills it’s true function of leading the eye onto the pier.  Although cluttered the clutter has purpose.  There was a lamp-post and a bicycle to the left  of the statue which I have cropped from the final picture.  I have left in the seat at the right edge of the picture to hint at rest and relaxation.