Photography in a frame
We often put the photos we take into frames as a way of displaying and drawing attention to our favorite photos – but there is another type of framing that you can do as you’re taking your shots that can be just as effective doing just the same thing!
Framing is the technique of drawing attention to the subject of your image by blocking other parts of the image with something in the scene.
The benefits of framing pictures include:
1. giving the photo context (for example framing a scene with an archway can tell you something about the place you are by the architecture of the archway or including some foliage in the foreground of a shot can convey a sense of being out in nature).
2. giving images a sense of depth and layers (in essence framing a shot generally puts something in the foreground which adds an extra dimension to the shot).
3. leading the eye towards your main focal point (some ‘frames’ can draw your photo’s viewer into the picture just by their shape). Some also believe that a frame can not only draw the eye into a picture but that it keeps it there longer – giving a barrier between your subject and the outside of the shot.
4. intriguing your viewer. Sometimes it’s what you can’t see in an image that draws you into it as much as (if not more than) what you can see in the picture. Clever framing that leaves those viewing your image wondering a little or imagining what is behind your frame can be quite effective (get it wrong and it can also be quite annoying!).
A good website for tips about taking photographs is http://www.fodors.com/travel-photography/article-taking-pictures-through-frames-51/
Framing is the technique of drawing attention to the subject of your image by blocking other parts of the image with something in the scene.
The benefits of framing pictures include:
1. giving the photo context (for example framing a scene with an archway can tell you something about the place you are by the architecture of the archway or including some foliage in the foreground of a shot can convey a sense of being out in nature).
2. giving images a sense of depth and layers (in essence framing a shot generally puts something in the foreground which adds an extra dimension to the shot).
3. leading the eye towards your main focal point (some ‘frames’ can draw your photo’s viewer into the picture just by their shape). Some also believe that a frame can not only draw the eye into a picture but that it keeps it there longer – giving a barrier between your subject and the outside of the shot.
4. intriguing your viewer. Sometimes it’s what you can’t see in an image that draws you into it as much as (if not more than) what you can see in the picture. Clever framing that leaves those viewing your image wondering a little or imagining what is behind your frame can be quite effective (get it wrong and it can also be quite annoying!).
A good website for tips about taking photographs is http://www.fodors.com/travel-photography/article-taking-pictures-through-frames-51/
My attempts at marsden moor estate
This is a permanent frame that over looks the view of the moors and the dam at Marsden moor estate, here i took several images through the frame and then a few close up macro shots to look at the visual code side of things and the rust (aging and weathering)
By visiting this it really inspired me to go more in depth and call it the 'photography in a frame' path/theme. I did in fact get my own frame and began to take some more interesting images up on the moor in a different area. The old rusty steel frame contrasts with the bright green and blue landscape and its about seeing things through a frame. I think that this is a quick way to focus attention on a particular subject (in this case the landscape) to enhance the sensation of depth in a scene is to use some object or shape in the foreground as the frame within a frame, such as the overhanging bough frames a landscape. Many other creative idea that i might take into considering about exploring are doorways, windows or even archways. To improve these photos even more i think that its important to explore different exposures one would be to keep both the frame and the subject in a sharp focus and to use a small aperture so theres a sufficient amount of shallow depth of field. Or if i just wanted a sharp subject i would use a wide aperture. I think it would be very interesting if I was to edit my photos with the outside of the frame in black and white but then the inside of frame in colour as it would become a more contrasting image.
By visiting this it really inspired me to go more in depth and call it the 'photography in a frame' path/theme. I did in fact get my own frame and began to take some more interesting images up on the moor in a different area. The old rusty steel frame contrasts with the bright green and blue landscape and its about seeing things through a frame. I think that this is a quick way to focus attention on a particular subject (in this case the landscape) to enhance the sensation of depth in a scene is to use some object or shape in the foreground as the frame within a frame, such as the overhanging bough frames a landscape. Many other creative idea that i might take into considering about exploring are doorways, windows or even archways. To improve these photos even more i think that its important to explore different exposures one would be to keep both the frame and the subject in a sharp focus and to use a small aperture so theres a sufficient amount of shallow depth of field. Or if i just wanted a sharp subject i would use a wide aperture. I think it would be very interesting if I was to edit my photos with the outside of the frame in black and white but then the inside of frame in colour as it would become a more contrasting image.
Using my own frame
Here are some photographs i took on the moors using my own frame. Its clear that the original image is on the left and that the edited version is on the right. On all these edits i kept the frame green and the rest in black and white this is so it contrasted with the landscape inside and outside of the frame.
Final piece ideas
On these photographs that were already edited as you can see form above however, on these ones I changed to focus point so it was just inside the frame and the outside was blurred (shallow depth of field) this makes it much more effective and gives it a message to just focus on the finer things in life and focus on you goals and ignore people or things that get in the way. It could also represent an exaggeration of something and to only focus on that one particular area. I couldn't find any artist that focused on the theme of photography in a frame i just got some ideas from random photos off google images but i did find a University student called Ioana Burtea. Here are some her photographs...
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Without a frameThis is a photograph i took without using the frame its just a hole in the wall. There really isn't a meaning behind this it just happened to be close to where i was taking photos so I took a quick photo. This links to my improvement idea of taking photographs through other things rather than an actual frame, like this one where the wall is acting as the frame. However, there isnt really a main subject in that it is focusing on which is the whole reason of taking it through a frame, its just grass from the moors and then a piece of stone.
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I have taken a very similar photograph to this one by changing the focus point so the inside of the frame is clear and the outside is slightly blurred. Mine are a little different to Ioana's because she held the frame and took the photo so her hand is in the photo but mine had its own legs so I didn't have to hold it. Maybe there was a reason for why she did this such as to show a clear message or simply because she wanted to prove it was her own photograph and she did it by herself.
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