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 picture - more use of framing.

Steve Boyle

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Rotary Club of Storrington & Pulborough District

collected in Old Mill Square and at the Book Stall in Place Villerest, Storrington on Saturday 11 February and local folk were very generous in giving over £4,000. We’ve been able to send £1,350 each to:

• Shelterbox - providing tents and equipment to the homeless.

• Disasters Emergency Committee15 leading charities providing humanitarian help.

• Rotary District Centres in Turkeyfor generators, tents, winter clothes, diapers, hygienic pads, food, water and fuel as well as excavators and construction vehicles.

We wish to thank the local community for their prompt and generous support following this tragic earthquake disaster.