Elise and Frances sought to deceive with their photograph, albeit a harmless and childish prank. When you look at whether this is ethical, you have to consider the original motivation and the intended audience.Ībove, you have two very definite cases of different intent. The reason I mentioned the examples above is to demonstrate that there are many ways to, and reasons why, someone might want to create a composite. If you’d like to know more about that, you can read my article on HDR photographs.Įthics and Aesthetics: More Than a Question of Tastes They’d cut out a photograph of the missing person, glue it to the photograph they wanted them to appear in and then re-photograph that.įor the purposes of this article, I’m discounting combining bracketed shots as composites. Photographs were also spliced together by photographic studios, to include people in a family portrait who couldn’t be present. ‘Fake’ photographs are nothing new either you might remember Elise Wright and Frances Griffiths from England, who fooled the world for a brief time with their photographs appearing to capture fairies at play in their garden in the 1900s.
It was invented by Sir Francis Galton in the 1880s, whereby multiple exposures were taken on the same photographic plate. This is not a new or purely digital concept. We’ll even throw in some inspiration! What is a Composite?Ī composite is two or more images ‘stuck’ together to create a single picture. Here we’ll look at what a composite is and why you might want to create one. The previous photos were selected from our Flickr group.Composite photography is a popular medium, not in small part thanks to the ease and availability of digital cameras and related software. Still struggling with composition? Get more help from these 10 tips. Steven Ritzer – Sunset in my little world You might need to lie down in the dirt or climb up a tree, but getting a great shot will make the inconvenience worth it. We don’t often experience these vantage points, so your photo will have a fresh look. Called “selective focus,” this blurring allows you to focus the viewer’s eye directly on the subject. You can achieve this effect by shooting with a longer lens at the widest possible f/stop possible, as this reduces the depth of field to an extremely shallow margin.Ĭhanging your perspective is great way to change your composition, especially if you move really low or high. Thorsten Koch – “the most interesting of this ART was the wonderful view through the window”īlurring the background (or foreground) is a critical skill for a photographer to master. Good balance keeps the viewer’s attention on the subject, which is what you want. An unbalanced picture breaks this tension and distracts the viewer from the subject. Balance doesn’t mean having a boring picture, but rather a picture with the right amount of tension. If you strive for balance in color, contrast, and lighting, as well as in the arrangement of subjects, the photo will often look well-composed. Contrasting shapes and colors, in particular, can create tension or drama, making the viewer want to see more.īalance is key to achieving striking pictures. shadow, but you can also find contrast in size, color, shape and sharpness. Just keep the subject simple, then find a way to arrange the surrounding elements so that they highlight it.Ĭontrast can heighten the ‘complexity’ of your photos without ruining their simple beauty.
Don’t feel like you have to put a box around everything–though that can look striking sometimes, too. Likewise, the frame could be a complete, four-sided frame or an incomplete, more abstract frame. This point of interest could be small or large.
Framing will draw the viewer’s eye to that subject, making it more powerful. Choose a distinctive point of interest, then try to frame it. Even if a scene has many interesting subjects, don’t include everything. To elevate the aesthetic standard of your photos, you must limit what you try to include in an image.
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