Comments on: Framing your photos with a box

By: Page not found « Photo Challenge

Page not found « Photo Challenge — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:01:24 +0000

[...] Framing your photos with a box [...]

By: Nigel Hurll

Nigel Hurll — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:02:22 +0000

A rare entry from me these days! One or two people obviously thought I was mad, taking pictures whilst holding a Philips 60-watt light bulb box in front of the camera! It's here.

By: Paul Seward

Paul Seward — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:22:32 +0000

After much deliberation (and consultation with a few people!) I think I’m going to enter this shot:
http://www.paulseward.com/photos/2010/march-2010/DSC_1005-RGB_stairwell_medium.jpg.php

If nothing else, I’ll be using it as a location reference – it’d make a great place for a moody portrait shoot

By: Stu

Stu — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:48:59 +0000

I haven’t used a box yet, but on a shoot I did at the weekend, 90% of the pictures came out of the camera ready composed. I normally shoot wide and crop in later, but with this challenge in mind, I was composing in the viewfinder… very rewarding indeed (but you do have to be sure you haven’t missed a good wider composition!)

So I may not get an entry in, but the challenge has been very useful! Thanks, Paul for the suggestion, and Jonathan for posting it!

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:48:25 +0000

I probably should have said sooner – for further advice about composition, Stu‘s new photography guide CameraTutor includes some advice about the basics of composition:

http://www.cameratutor.co.uk/archives/13

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:14:38 +0000

Ooooh now THIS is a challenge! I’ll have to think about this! Nice one Jon.

By: Stu

Stu — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:08:53 +0000

Great idea! I might get an adult to help me cut the end off the box.