Sunday, April 25, 2010

12 steps to the worst photograph ever - part 8 - Composition





Composition is important to the design of an image, bringing all of the visual elements together in concert to express the purpose of the image. Proper composition holds the viewer in the image and prompts the viewer to look where the creator intends. Effective composition can be pleasing or disturbing, depending on the intent of the image maker.



I missed "composition" along the way somewhere. This was supposed to be number 4 or 5, or something like that. I am still amazed how in the world they the professional photographer of america (PRA) came up with this order of importance BS. I wonder if a room full of nerdy photographers who only shoot weddings sat down and yelled as loud as they could while somebody jotted down as much as possible, and the put it on the web.

I do wonder about composition. I am not sure, again, if it is all that important. It certainly can be, if what you are trying to convey requires a particular type of composition style. I purposely added style there, because they are heavily and strongly involved with each other, if either was going to meaningful in a photograph (not a sure bet each time).

Here I have a terrible picture with just as bad a composition as any. Nothing is coming together here, and they both work against each other.


Pentax K-7
D FA 100 macro WR
1/8000 @ f/3.5
-0.7 ev
ISO 800
RAW

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