Asian Photography – July 2019

July 2019 - 43

Fill your frame

This is directly contradictory to the last point, but

filling your frame sometimes can lead to amazing photographs.

Interesting portraits can look great when zoomed in completely

to not have any background at all. You can also fill your frames

with layers and texts and so on. This gives your audience time to

analyse the image and makes the image much more interesting.

Connect with the

subject

There is a line between the photographer and

the subject. What if we could blur that line to

get a different perspective? Think about it for

a second. Imagine you taking a photo of a

dog and in that photo, you reach out to pet

the dog. From what could have been a photo

of a dog’s portrait, suddenly you interacting

with the dog creates a connect of the dog

to the viewer. The viewer of the photograph

feels like he or she is the one petting the dog.

It tries to blur the line that exists in between

the viewer and the subject taking the viewer

to the scene of the photograph in their mind.

Less is more
We try to cram as much information in our
photographs as possible. We add layers, we try to
blur the background, use forground so on and so
forth. But sometimes, less is more. Having less in
terms of elements in the frame can work wonders
on photographs. Using patterns, textures etc and
leaving a lot of negative space with your subject
may be a break in your usual crowd of clutterred
photographs. Minimalism is an art and requires
practise. But in modern times, everything from art to
furniture is taking inspiration from minimalism. So,
why not photography?

TEXT: souradEEp roy