Photo Assignment: Framing Eye Candy!

Photography is about composition. It's not enough to just point a camera at a subject, set the camera to automatic and hope for the best, a photographer must understand the elements of composing an image to get the most from a given experience. Framing is the process of actualizing proper composition of memorable photos.

Framing techniques can be considered subjective, what one person finds interesting another person may find meaningless. The rules for framing video or film are basically the same as the rules that apply for still photography.

A few good rules for proper framing are about following horizontal and vertical lines. Making sure horizons are level or building edges are straight vertically in the frame up and down. This is a good way to help Gage framing when shooting an image. The rule of thirds also applies when framing as it does when considering composition of a photo.

When presenting an image everything in the frame helps to tell the story and is important although the subject is usually the primary focus of a photo when considering framing, many factors should be kept in mind.

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Having objects in a photo is usually undesirable. For example, a photo of an artist holding a guitar where the neck of the guitar is missing is not a good look when framing an image. Paying attention to the edge of the frame is a good way to avoid cutting off objects when shooting a photo. There are certain parts the bottom of the frame that can be cut off without looking strange, a photographer can get away with it in many cases, having an object in a photo is just about knowing what looks awkward and what doesn't.

Trying to get an interesting and unusual shot when framing a photo is the ultimate goal. Many photos will look straight and normal from the perspective of an adult at eye level. So don't be afraid to get dirty and down on your belly or lie on your back to shoot something up words if need be. Photography is about being creative and dynamic, not static ;D

Meet Nico Rinaldi!

Living in Italy, Nico Rinaldi is a landscape photographer, traveler as well as artist who likes to participate in International photo competitions. Nico attended the School of Fine Arts in Bologna which allowed him to grasp particular points of view, that helps him create high-impact images that celebrate our world.

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Personally, I have been a photographer for at least 15 years now, after learning about Nico over the last couple of week's while I was doing research for this post I came across a technique Nico was using that I had never heard of before called "Timeblendings"which I have to say kind of blew my mind when I learned how they were made.

Nico also enjoys long exposure photography as well as shooting at night, maintaining and honoring classic technique to capture an honest image. Mr Rinaldi based on the quality of his work seems to have a deep love for post-processing and is exceptionally brilliant at it, as demonstrated by the series of images I've shared on this blog.

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NicoRinaldi is a very generous and fantastic sport who is willing to offer advice and expertise as well as professional service for anyone who is interested. Nico is an artist who is open and willing to experience new collaborations or an artistic project. It is hard not to love a photographer with this kind of an attitude and spirit.

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Meet ces@r_!

I know very little about ces@r_ who is an artist shooting out of Madrid. The collection of images presented by photographer ces@r_ who has been shooting since about 2010 from what I can gather is brilliant not only from a color, tone and subject perspective, the framing is outstanding in every single image without exception. It was actually a challenge to limit my selection of images to 10 for this post! Life is rough sometimes when I have a good thing, that I know will inevitably end, when what I would really love the most is to see a good thing just keep going ;p

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Meet Jay Huang!

Photographer Jay Haung is a landscape photographer who has a career as a finance professional, Jay considers himself to be a self learner.

Jay says he's always looking to learn more and improve on his photography style. Jay looks forward to constructive critique or comments for his collection of images. Although it is often said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, it is obvious from Jays work there is a plenty of beauty in the eyes of artist Mr Haung.

The general quality, tone, detail and color in the images from Jays portfolio are eye catching. There was a photo in the series of images I curated for this post below of a pathway of golden leaves that had fallen onto a walkway in the autumn, that brought me right back a memory from a place and a time I have probably never experienced with respect to the specific photo, however for my own life it brought me back to many memories including the smell of leaves in the fall and a photo that can trigger a memory of a place I have never been to is a photographer who understands how to present an image that the viewer can connect with regardless of who they are and where they come from. That is exactly the kind magic Photographer Jay Haung bring to the table.

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I just want to take a second to thank the photographers featured on this post for allowing me to share their work as well as introduce these great artist to the Steemit community.

I also wanted to thank you for taking a second to check out this post and for leaving a comment if you have time for the photographers to read when I send them the link to this post. As usual I look forward to reading what you have to write myself.

Do you have a favorite image that stands out?

Do you have an idea for my next photography post or topic? If so please leave your idea in the comment section below I would love to hear what interests you about photography and possibly explore that topic in my next post.

Written by STEEMIT user: Jazmin Million