Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
What do we mean when we say a picture is well composed/
Well to my mind, a work of art has to stand in it's given space and command attention and interest and seem to have a character and even perhaps, a life to it where we can converse. This work then has some "unity of being" as if it is an individual we love meet again! That unity in art requires that whatever arms and legs there are to it, that they seem to be in the right place!
So what guide might we have? Let me put out this one thought:
Is this true and how would you proceed from this point in let's say "street photography". How do we construct a composition, even on the fly. Or let me ask it another way, how have great photographers done this? Is it gestalt, "born-with" characteristic of naturally "talented" people, or are there sets of rules we can harvest from their work?
So, what can be articulated? We're on the street. There's a lot to see and so much happening!
Asher
Well to my mind, a work of art has to stand in it's given space and command attention and interest and seem to have a character and even perhaps, a life to it where we can converse. This work then has some "unity of being" as if it is an individual we love meet again! That unity in art requires that whatever arms and legs there are to it, that they seem to be in the right place!
So what guide might we have? Let me put out this one thought:
The artist has to have some guiding idea and then try iterations of his or her viewpoints.
Is this true and how would you proceed from this point in let's say "street photography". How do we construct a composition, even on the fly. Or let me ask it another way, how have great photographers done this? Is it gestalt, "born-with" characteristic of naturally "talented" people, or are there sets of rules we can harvest from their work?
So, what can be articulated? We're on the street. There's a lot to see and so much happening!
Asher