2020 Photo Challenge #29

July’s theme / technique: Being Creative with Space

The six visual keys to a great photograph are:

    • Patterns
    • Texture
    • Lines
    • Light
    • Depth of field
    • Space

Being Creative with space. Space is a difficult one to explain in photography. When is it too much? When is it not enough? Generally speaking it refers to the empty or negative space around your subject. Usually sky or water or some bland background.

    • If the subject is looking away from the camera leave space for your subject to look into – this creates a sense of mystery.
    • The same applies in an active shot where an animal or a bird or a person is moving. This requires space to move into whether running, jumping, walking or flying. Leaving empty space creates a more dynamic scene.
    • Empty space can create an air of mystery. A story.
    • Create three dimensional space by shooting for a broad range of tones, from bright highlights to dark shadows, and varying shades in between.
This week's assignment - Increase the sense of drama by increasing negative space.

Where is this soldier? What is he looking at?

This is actually quite a small sculpture on a street lamp-post. The unknown soldier is facing the war memorial.

Below, blank backgrounds such as a plain wall or the sky help to create empty space around the subject.

Australian spider
Flight
Kestrel

And water also makes a good negative background.

Boy diving
Grey Seal in Cornwall

If you would like to join in with the 2020 photo challenge then please take a look at my 2020 Photo Challenge page. No complicated rules, just a camera required 🙂

    • Create your own post with some information about how you composed the shot.
    • Include a link to this page in your post so others can find it too
    • Add the tag #2020PhotoChallenge so everyone can find your entry easily in the WP Reader
    • Get your post(s) in by the end of the month, as the new theme comes out on the first Sunday in August.

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Heyjude

I have lived in the UK for most of my life, but when young I definitely had wanderlust and even ended up living in South Africa for several years which was a wonderful experience. I now look forward to a long and leisurely retirement doing what I like most - gardening, photography, walking and travelling.

32 thoughts on “2020 Photo Challenge #29”

  1. Ah! I might have less trouble joining in this week. Watch this space! You’ve provided some striking photos. That soldier is a great example.

      1. It’s not finance so much as the effort of getting used to a new one and, at the risk of being repetitive, it’s too hot to think. 🙂

        1. What do you have now? Can’t you just get the same make but a newer model? If you use Windows 10 then everything will be the same. Just need to install any programs you use. OK. I can see that is a lot to take in if it is very hot. Quite windy here so although sunny, not so hot. Can’t complain. Just spent three hours pottering about the garden!

    1. The soldier is hard to spot, I must have driven past him hundreds of times before I knew he was there!

      1. hee hee, love it when that happens. I find myself asking myself for ages whether i had just not noticed or whether it had appeared overnight!

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