Composition tutorial

[alfredo]

This is part 1. DP Review is a great site for its reviews and forums.


http://www.dpreview.com/news/1109/11090705leftofcenter.asp

[ManiacJoe]

1. If only the site's layout was not so hard to read....

[alfredo]

2. White on Black is not the best way, but I like the content

on the site. I've learned a lot there.

[ManiacJoe]

3. The content can be good.

It is the narrow column layout I cannot stand.

[alfredo]

4. You get used to it.

[bluedigger]

5. I have to remember to off center my subject more.

80% of my photography is work related, where I am just making a documentary record. It isn't supposed to be "interesting", lol, other than in an academic sense. Once in a while you get lucky, though, especially when documenting "working conditions."

[alfredo]

6. There's always tension between art and commerce.

[bluedigger]

7. There isn't much "tension" in today's shots, lol.

I took some test shots this afternoon. Natural light with my new Olympus 8010. These haven't been cropped or processed at all - straight out of the camera, still playing around with the set up. Comments welcome. :)

[alfredo]

8. The Images look OK. Once a bit of processing is done

to bring out highlights, you should do just fine.

[bluedigger]

9. Thanks.

I'm on the right track. I'll keep playing around with them over the weekend. Only a few will make it into the report, but I have quite a few to do. :thumbsup:

[alfredo]

10. You don't need to do much if they are for evidence. They

just have to be able to recognize them.

[bluedigger]

11. It's nothing sinister like that, lol.

They are for the archaeological record. A partner and I dug them up. :rofl:

In the archaeological record, though, they are (mostly) evidence of previous disturbance. :thumbsup:

[alfredo]

12. Evidence was the best word.