Photography – Framing : Frame Edges

3) Framing : Frame Edges

Any subject that is obscure from the main view and exposing only certain parts of the body at frame edges, would have an implied presence. A visual flow of the subject is enhanced by the direction of the subject’s bodily direction.

For example: If there is any leg sticking out from the left side of the frame edges and toes pointing towards right on a pavement, would suggest that a person might be walking from left to right. Only thing is that we cant see the person yet as he is still out of the frame. This would imply that a person (the dimension of implied subject or point) walking into the frame (direction of visual flow from left to right).

But one has to be careful in not “cutting up” body parts. One way to do this is to use adjacent supporting structure to imply sense of motion or whether the thing is intact. This could be anything from a pathway or building etc.

Please do note that this is not only applicable to humans or animals but physical objects as well.

Photography : Visual Design

2) Visual Design – Making the picture works.

Every visible object attracts attention by its tone, color, shape, size, location, or other physical properties and characteristics. The degree to which it attracts attention is known as its visual importance or weight.

Competition for attention between objects of similar or differing weights, called tension, keeps our eyes constantly moving so our normal visual experience is dynamic.

Good balance usually means taking advantage of tension without letting the visual pull of any one object get out of control.

The study of tension is called visual design. Visual design is the application and knowledge of how the “points” help to make the picture works.

Photography : Some farting kungho from me about composition.

I am going to kick off with a series of interrelated topics on composition and some others. They might not have to follow in any certain orders. Some of you might find it smelly or some might like it. So keep an open mind if you are stuck in the rut or a newbie.

1) Frames.
The main purpose of a framing composition to be retain visual tension within the picture. What can used as frames:

a) interconnecting objects that might be different.
b) shadows and light
c) focus zoom
d) window frames, photoframes or other frames.
e) your imagination….

Instinctively response

I have posted a question.

“A bat and a ball cost $1.10. The bat cost a dollar more than the ball. How much would the ball cost.”

I saw the question before in this book titled:” Streetlights and shadows”. Whereby the book was debating on the question of decision making. Would explicit decision making or tacit decision making better in moments of extreme crisis.

Perhaps it was asked in a wrong context in which readers are able to ponder upon it and automatically derived a mathematical equation to it. But given in the context of instinctive response, most would have think about it before giving an answer. Very few would have the ability to instinctively tell me the exact answers.

So the questions that i had in mind was, “can this ability of instinctively deriving at the correct answers without the need to ponder?”.

I believed that it can be done. I was given a multiplier table (up to 10×10) and was tasked to remember it when i was young. Instinctively helpful throughout most of the schooling days.

So if this can be done, perhaps having hardcoding these “formulates” would actually be helpful in future occurrences.

Having dreams means being mentally healthy.

I have been deprived of having a proper sleep for many many years. It could be churning of the overworked brain cells which makes you unable to sleep properly or just the number of hours you get to sleep. The end effect of this is the inability to have dreams. Though i am not saying that having dreams means being mentally healthy…oops the title! But more accurately, having sufficient rest for your brain allows doing better mental tasks like talking coherently, ability to think in clear and concise manner, remember things where they should be and etc. And having dreams is a clear sign that you have getting that “enough” sleep.

 

Please note that this is not a researched topic and it is purely based on my own personal experience of a sleep deprived working slave.

If only those who wrote books, know how to write books.

Learning something new takes lots of time as it might take a jump from your previously known disciplines. The learning process could be easily hasten if the concepts could be easily explained in a clear and concise manner in which the reader would not have to second guess the intent or be completely overwhelmed by the technical jargon. Things that might be so obvious to the writers but completely new to the reader are not explained which leads to getting stuck.

Writers are also known to be stuck in their chair and have mental blocks. Not from their wealth of experiences in their expert knowledge but rather from writers’ block. I have read a wider range of books and not surprisingly, almost all suffer the same fate from bad writers’ curse. This is making me so mad that i wished i could just write a book and…….. confuse the hell out of others as well.

Slowly but steadily.

It is a pain in the butt when you are so tight in cash and yet refusing to work. I have been pinning on my dreams to be freed from working life and working towards it. Even though i have sort of managed a strategy on how to milk it from forex. But having to milk it slowly and steadily takes a lot of patient.

 

My current account is projected to grow at a steady rate of 1% per day. My estimation for my current account of $4k to grow to a sizable account for me to have a little nib at it would take about at least 2 years. …………

 

Arghhhhh! boring.

Scary predictions. Horrorscopes.

As much as i want to disbelieve in such myth, gods and the supernatural. Horoscopes Horrorscopes got me thinking whether these predictions about the current state that i am in now are so correct. Some might said that it is because what i am feeling now which makes me more susceptible to the horoscopes quotes, making it more believable than it actually is. But what happens if it occurs more frequent than usual statistics? Hell spooky!

 

I got the horoscope linked up as a content in my yahoo front page. So I got my daily dose or whenever i visit my yahoo page. Try it and see if you are experiencing the same as mine.

http://shine.yahoo.com/astrology/

 

Beautiful Haunting Sound

One of the best take away from Taiwan was a purchase of Silentsky (music CD) by DaiQing Tana & Haya Band. It was simply beautiful and haunting. So much so that i was playing it almost every day ever since i was back from that trip. I had even forced myself to wired up the old hifi system to my comp that i had been delaying for more than half a year.

Talk is cheap and here is the proof. Even with lousy video, i believed that you can feel the music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8GfEO44OSM

Chao turtle…… now got to have another mobile system while placing the main ones on hold.

Haiz. Now have to get another camera system just because of a “backpackers’ trip” in august 2010.

Checklist.

1) Olympus E-PL1 @ SGD850 cash or twin lenses kit @ SGD12++

2) Canon to m4/3 adapter @ SGD100

3) Lensbaby Composer (canon mount) ….. from SGD390 to SGD1k. Depends on the additional stuffs that i might want to get. Can be use on canon system.

4) Panasonic 7-14mm (m4/3 mount) @ SGD $1550.

Total damage around: $3.3k or more. Sianz.

Looks like i am going to wait for another month more before i decide on this or just go with an Iphone4.