Framing the subject in photography

When you say “framing” in photography, it usually means composing the photo so that the subject is the focal point and all the clutter in the foreground and background are excluded. But “framing” has another meaning in photography. It is also a technique by which the subject is positioned inside a border. The border, instead ... (more)

Composition and angle in photography

Just before Sam started college, I bought her two photography books (okay, that’s in addition to all the other photography books I’d been buying her for the past two years). One of them is… Ummm, this is the part where I stood up and started hunting for the book which I was sure I left ... (more)