On the wall behind the tellers line at my bank, there are 3 very large, soft, dreamy pictures of flowers. When I first noticed them – probably 7 or 8 years ago – I wondered why the bank decorators would think of putting up pictures that were, for the most part, out of focus? After [...]
All posts in category Composition
A little bit softer now
Posted by Barbara on May 28, 2012
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The blue light special
The assignment was to post photos taken during the “blue hour” – the time just after sunset when the sky is not yet completely dark, when backgrounds turn out a nice, deep, gorgeous royal blue. The obvious local landmark for a blue hour photo is the university clock tower. Since it was so obvious – [...]
Posted by Barbara on May 19, 2012
http://photoaspire.wordpress.com/2012/05/19/the-blue-light-special/
Hai High Key!
Capturing too much light Makes my photographs upbeat Too bright can be good Yes, apologies, that was a sorry excuse for a haiku – but “high-key” sounded just too much like haiku to not include it. I took a high-key photo by chance this afternoon, and as has happened before, it turned out to be [...]
Posted by Barbara on March 25, 2012
http://photoaspire.wordpress.com/2012/03/25/hai-high-key/
Negative negative space
Earlier this week, it seemed that the planets were aligned to devote this week’s blog post to the subject of negative space. It was listed as one of the elements of composition in the class I’m taking, and coincidentally was this week’s topic in the Creatively Challenged group on Flickr. Unfortunately, I am still grappling [...]
Posted by Barbara on February 5, 2012
http://photoaspire.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/negative/
