Framing technique

Framing

Framing

Composition technique examples: Seeking that golden spiral/curve

From Anne Whiston Spirn: Where to Stand -in landscape look for the processes; the flow of material, energy and organisms

A composition technique that I explored for this assignment was the use of the triangle. It is very effective to use three objects or points of interest in composition. My theory is that it puts the eye into a bouncing game that feels good. For the masters of the Renaissance in ancient Italy - under the strict patronage of the Roman Catholic Church it held religious symbolism - the triangle of the father, son and holy ghost.

Another technique for composition is known as the Golden Spiral that shows up everywhere and is artiulated in mathematics in the Fibonacci Sequence. There is evidence that this sequence was fully understood by the Incas and then lost to humanity and then found once again.

This technique really resonates with me. The very basic concept is within my grasp and to use it I need to continue to seek out that curve or spiral that seems to jump out everywhere in nature, development and expansion in all realms. The pattern is there and if we apply it to composing photographs then we hit that sweet spot that seems subjective and a matter of taste - but perhaps not so random.

I am now following my own blog - what is that like afterall?

Dead on

Looking inward on an incline

My favorite perspective on this object because it holds the best of all perspectives

Day lilly - evening.

The next evening in July

Evening

Early morning day lillies in July

What's this? What does it taste like?