When I speak of perspective, I almost never talk about it in technical terms. That’s important too, but what I find even more interesting is the intellectual perspective. I have plenty of those, and I thought perhaps it could be interesting to sort them out. In my head, I know exactly what they are, but that doesn’t mean they’re obvious to you. So, to me, the intellectual perspective is all about what colour your glasses have. Compare that to how we look at a person we’re in love with – or another person who we really dislike. There are certain things that are always in the back of my head…
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The moment has arrived; this is the post where I’ll tell you about my own system of composition. Like most people, I’ve been using the rule of 3s, golden ratio, leading lines, et cetera. I don’t remember exactly when, but perhaps 15 – 18 years ago, I started thinking a bit differently. Throughout the years, what I’d started thinking about turned out to be an entire system of composition, which I use consistently. Most of it is a direct consequence of how my perception and c-ing works. It can be taught and learned, but from what I’ve noticed, it might be difficult to learn if your way of seeing the…
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Composition. It’s quite the word, isn’t it? Sounds so important, so competent. And in a way, it is. There are many rules in regards to photography. Rules regarding camera technique (and these are fairly important, since they effect.. camera technical stuff that make the photograph look a certain way). Rules regarding composition. Rules regarding how to photograph certain things. Rules regarding certain movements in any photographic field. Rules can be quite tiresome, to be honest. Some of them can be broken, or at least bent in different directions. Most of what can be bent or broken, should be so only if you know how and why. But I am not…
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So, I watched another episode on Martin Osner’s Youtube channel the other day. In this episode, he discusses the art of composition, and why it is important to break the rules of said composition. I both agree and disagree with much of what he says in the video. One of the things I both agree and disagree with, is his medical reasons for how we see the world. He states that the human eye is not made to take in every detail in our surroundings – and this, I do agree with. There’s a reason why there’s a thing called peripheral seeing, and why that which we do not focus…