{"id":4202,"date":"2011-06-07T10:44:38","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T14:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stayfocusedpress.com\/blog\/?p=4202"},"modified":"2021-02-05T19:35:03","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T00:35:03","slug":"filling-the-frame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/sfp\/?p=4202","title":{"rendered":"Filling the frame"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes it pays to move in close<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For portraits, conventional composition has you surrounding your main subject with a “border” – space around the face<\/p>\n

For a more intimate look at your subject, throw away the rulebook!<\/p>\n

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\nIn this photo, the young girl’s face has an interesting look but the background is slightly distracting.<\/center><\/td>\n
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\nHere we’ve moved closer to subject, eliminated the background and keyed in on her eyes and her giant smile.
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\nBy including the yard in this photo, we’ve caught this young lady in action but lost the emphasis of her face.<\/center><\/td>\n
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\nAgain, by moving in close (or zooming in) we’ve changed the feel from an action shot to a portrait.
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By simply minimizing or eliminating the border, you’ll key in on the all important eyes and face of your subject. The next time you’re shooting faces, try filling the frame<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Written by Arnie Lee<\/p>\n

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Sometimes it pays to move in close   For portraits, conventional composition has you surrounding your main subject with a “border” – space around the face For a more intimate look at your subject, throw away the rulebook! In this photo, the young girl’s face has an interesting look but the background is slightly distracting. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21,63],"tags":[606,318,319,320,608],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/sfp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4202"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/sfp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/sfp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/sfp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/sfp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4202"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/sfp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10426,"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/sfp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4202\/revisions\/10426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/sfp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/sfp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/sfp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}