Framing

One way to focus the attention of the viewer on the main focal point of your image is to leave a surround when you compose the image.

This could be by including a wider angle to include the walls of a narrow street as in the two outside photographs of my triptych on this page or leaving the vertical walls on either side of the door as in the centre picture.

You could ˜frame” a landscape by shooting through a window or a hole in the wall of a crumbling castle. It focusses the eye but also gives a sense of place rather than isolating a subject.

The grouping of the images here may seem somewhat disparate but the outside images both have strong spots of colour which draw the eye and a contrasting mix of light and shade whereas the centre image is more muted but has interest in the detail of the poster.

There are two figures in each outer image (one reflected in the shop window) and a single figure centrally placed in the poster in the middle.

All pictures were taken in my favourite place, Arles in France during their annual photo festival. The brighter images frame the quieter tones of the central picturemore use of framing.

Steve Boyle

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Friends of Shoreham Beach LNR AGM + talk

All Welcome to our AGM

Monday 6th March at The Harbour Club,Harbour Way, Shoreham-by-Sea BN43 5HG 7-9pm

Arrival and drinks from 6.30pm

Talk by Chris Corrigan 8 PM (approx ) Ecologist Chris Corrigan is currently interim CEO of the Sussex Wildlife Trust and president of the Sussex Ornithological Society. He has been the RSPB’s Director for England and acting CEO for BirdWatch Ireland

Open to all but members only able to vote.