RichardQ wrote:
My favorite camera was a twin-lens medium-format Automatic Rolleiflex, which had a square 2-1/4 x 2-1.4 inch ground-glass screen, viewed from above. The screen was divided into 12 squares to help align the verticals and/or horizontals, if you wanted to. Composing on a square ground-glass tempts you to fill the screen, and I often did. But professional magazine photographers usually want to please an editor with an oblong format, hoping for a full-page image. I certainly don't want to suggest that these images are the best way to compose a square format image, but I submit them for your comments.
Irene, I'd like to add another element of composition, "tension." This involves finding a relationship between two or more components of the image. I usually work for a diagonal flow across the image. A diagonal is the most powerful element, arousing interest because it indicates instability. Just a thought.
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Richard, adding another element works for me. I have to admit I have a hard time recognizing and putting them all the elements - or just one -into play as I shoot. A great photographer I will never be.....but I do have fun shooting nevertheless.
As always, I love viewing the images you share. What a fantastic photographer you are.