35 Backgrounds
Emphasis, scale, and meaning
Green Wall
Between shots. I snapped this photo of my wife It has a natural feet because she was fiddling with her scarf
Kevin Meredith
The Idea
A photograph is nothing without a subject, but how that subject is viewed is dependent on a lot of things, not least its background, There is nothing worse than having a great subject lost in a really busy or distracting background. Often, when people see something interesting, they take a picture of It without considering what is behind it. My philosophy is to think as much about what is behind your subject as about the subject itself.
The Ingredients
- ▶ Any camera
- ▶ A subject and background
The Process
It's easy to spot what you want to take a picture of, ...
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