![]() ![]() I tend to want to center things more with a circular format. The trickiest format for me is circular or partially circular like with a fish eye lens. Often, I end up cropping my rectangular negatives to a square format or vice verse if I think it's a better composition. Often I try have lead-in lines converge at one of the rule of thirds power points. Whatever the format, I tend to use rule of thirds and lead-in lines as a starting point. Generally though, if it looks good on the ground glass, chances are it'll look good in print. I found artist's literature a better source than photography books as it was easier for me to skip over the details on the medium and get to what I wanted to know. There's plenty of information on composition around. Hmmm, after a quick look at some of my many square images it seems I'm subconsciously using the classics rule of thirds & lead in lines. The square is perfect for the Flickr thumbnails, LOL. These may not be the best examples though since they were from my medium format point and shoot Holga and not from a TLR like your Mamiya. Or use the rule of thirds and centering at the same time: Like others have suggested, you can try centering your composition or take advantage of diagonal lines: It kind of throws me off balance and pushes me to see and think differently. It just take a little time to get the hang of it.Ĭomposition with a 6圆 is definitely a challenge for me, but I do enjoy the challenge very much. I have found myself turning my 6圆 SLRs sideways then go DOH!. Maybe there's something to -that- as well? The 2:3 ratio of a 35mm frame comes close to the greek's golden ratio of 1:1.6. I'm drawn to symmetry and patterns so I get caught up trying to balance things perfectly in the center. I just deal with the world where the portrait/landscape decision is fixed for me at the moment I am encountering it.Īs much as I love using my medium format cameras, I constantly get frustrated trying to compose shots. Square is not normal to me because I rarely look out at the world through a square window. What is really funny, is sometimes it works. ![]() Though when using 6圆 folders, I admit, I occasionally will change from landscape to portrait grip while composing. This guy has some pretty strong stuff, in my opinion. Close-ups / head-shots (popular portrait cameras? You don't say.) Here's how I've seen people much better than I handle square format: ( I just headed straight for the Yashica Pool. I think that symmetry does makes it a little more challenging for the photographer, though, since it becomes pretty obvious if you meant to have something centered and didn't quite hit it.Īnother plus is that I don't have to commit to a portrait or landscape orientation before I take the shot – I can shoot in such a way that I can change my mind later. Being able to play with lines and objects within a symmetrical space seems to give me a lot more creative latitude. I think the 6圆 format is the easiest to frame. Therefore, shots like this where some sort of line runs right off of frame (as mentioned above) seem to work better: I end up with a lot of my shots looking like this: ![]() So what I might find pleasing to my brain when I make the picture, looks weird when flipped the other way. My other problem is that I am seeing everything backwards through the viewfinder. With the rectangular frame of a 35mm camera, I am always able to quickly and easily decide on portrait or landscape orientation and use it to my advantage. And no, I have never gotten over it! My tendency is to center everything and make symmetrical pictures. Gallery weighting is usually like 1/3 above the photo, 2/3rds below. Shooting centered subject in 1:1 then seriously exaggerating the mat on the bottom works well to extend the composition beyond the edges of the photos. I mean you can use the 1:1 to emphasize the various rules of composition you already use or to subtly, but intentionally, break them without it being as obvious as it would be in 2:3.Īlso you can take into account matting. When i made my first 6圆 shots it felt like. I consider the left/right reversal to be a godsend, since it lets you perceive a scene in a different way. I just compose the scene until it looks good to me in the viewfinder. I just started getting into 6圆, and I'm glad someone thinks I'm getting it Colusite: When I'm shooting, I'm not really thinking about the framing too much. JayRaz i5m: Thanks for using my pics as examples (the two traffic shots). ![]()
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