Street photography tip: Frames provide overview and guidance
Thursday 25 January 2024, 09:18 by Michiel Heijmans | 3,041 views | 0 commentsThis article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.
If you look around carefully, you will see frames everywhere in the city. A frame is like a picture frame that you place your subject in. This could be a gateway or a garage door. But a frame can also be temporary, such as two market stalls standing next to each other with a frame between them.
You can use all the surfaces you see to frame your subject.
These frames can also be invisible. If you take a photo in layers, you have a frame in the foreground, a frame in the middle and a frame in the background. Ideally, you want these frames with subjects not to overlap, as that creates a calmer photo.
Finally, these frames can also present themselves in the form of, for example, a keyhole, a ring on a wall or a view through a statue. I know of a photo taken through a dog's legs. That is a frame too!
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Michiel is professioneel straatfotograaf en geeft workshops en lezingen over straatfotografie. Hij schrijft columns voor Focus Magazine en is erg actief op Instagram. Daar vind je dagelijks inspiratie en tips voor je eigen straatfotografie!
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