fence
The aesthetics of centering the subject is the fodder of endless debate. Picking up any college 101 photography composition book and you will immediately be led away from this type of 'boring' structuring. The counterpoint being that if we are to create naturalistic images then shouldn't they mimic the way we 'see' the world. That of course being - straight on... The skill lies not in the composition (which is another argument), but in structuring of a scene which is inherently pleasing to the eye...
Now that I've stirred the pot, I am of the school that we as photographers do not compose. We are given a scene which is already composed and we move around to structure that composition. Cinematographers and their stage directors compose. Ok, I'm ready ----
fence
The aesthetics of centering the subject is the fodder of endless debate. Picking up any college 101 photography composition book and you will immediately be led away from this type of 'boring' structuring. The counterpoint being that if we are to create naturalistic images then shouldn't they mimic the way we 'see' the world. That of course being - straight on... The skill lies not in the composition (which is another argument), but in structuring of a scene which is inherently pleasing to the eye...
Now that I've stirred the pot, I am of the school that we as photographers do not compose. We are given a scene which is already composed and we move around to structure that composition. Cinematographers and their stage directors compose. Ok, I'm ready ----