photography+-+light+&+framing

Framing
is the simple act of framing a subject when composing a photograph. In the image below, an object in the foreground frames the image in the background. Focus is also used to guide your eye. Framing can give the viewer the impression of looking through something to the subject. The frame directs the eye's gaze. It adds depth to the image and gives the viewer a sense of being in the scene.

Light - Introduction
Photography is all about light. Direction, color, hardness, it's all about light. To control what happens in your photograph you must control the light. What does that mean? Let's look at some examples of where light used well makes for some great photographs.

**Assignment:** What did the artists below do to get these photos? Do you think they were just lucky or was it technique? What kind of planning does it take to create photographs like these? Look at some of the photos but save some time to explore Flickr's light clusters: [|Light] || [|Shadow, Sun & Reflection] || [|Silhouette] || [|Backlit]

This image from [|Barbara Fischer's Flickr stream] uses backlight to bring out color and texture of the leaf. Backlight acts to frame the image with light and creates sharp definitions of interest within the photograph. Take a look at the [|backlight pool on flickr] for more examples.