OFF-CENTER
On those occasions when you have a clear, well defined subject in a simple, even setting, you have to decide where it goes in the frame. (Actually there is another choice, which is to close in so tightly that the subject fills the frame, but we dealt with that already on page 16). A situation like the one shown below is a particularly clean example of subject-against-background, but the same decisions apply in many other cases. There’s usually no need for precision when thinking about this, just a choice of three general positions: around the center, near an edge or corner, or this in-between position. Off-center may sound a little vague, which is good. You could call it a third of the way in, or a third of the way out, but if there ...
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