What do you shoot, mostly? ... Horizontals, or Verticals?
Nov 13, 2017 08:11:11 #
Depend on the subject but both changing the perspective and view of the item being photographed
Nov 13, 2017 08:16:24 #
I prefer landscape. I shoot landscape about 90% of the time.
I like extreme landscape/horizontals like 1:2 or better. I think there’s more drama that way.
I like extreme landscape/horizontals like 1:2 or better. I think there’s more drama that way.
Nov 13, 2017 08:18:10 #
I've long wondered if there was some underlying psychological reason for my inclination to shoot verticals. Can't find any research on it, but I favor vertical. However, when I post images to Flickr, verticals are reduced in size
so they conform with the height of a horizontal images. This often compresses the photo so much it loses impact, so I shoot both orientations when possible.
so they conform with the height of a horizontal images. This often compresses the photo so much it loses impact, so I shoot both orientations when possible.
Nov 13, 2017 08:24:48 #
Chris T wrote:
Isn't it funny? ... I've noticed that, too, Kris ...
Which is why I posted this .... was curious to see how many others had gotten tuned into verticals, rather than horizontals ....
When you turn it, do you wind up with the shutter button, on the top, or on the bottom?
Which is why I posted this .... was curious to see how many others had gotten tuned into verticals, rather than horizontals ....
When you turn it, do you wind up with the shutter button, on the top, or on the bottom?
Hey that last question's not so silly. When I download photos from my camera and my wife's camera, I have to rotate my vertical photos 90 degrees counter-clockwise while I have to rotate my wife's, 90 degrees clockwise to get them properly oriented. I never thought much about it but it must mean we rotate our cameras differently, when taking a vertical shot. Hmmmm... This might be grounds for divorce, now that I think about it.
Nov 13, 2017 08:26:55 #
Nov 13, 2017 08:45:56 #
This thread has made me wonder why and how the format of "plate" size (10x8) came into being, and the related smaller sizes - half plate (8x5) and quarter plate (5x4). I think the square format was not just about the film - it was about how you would otherwise hold a Rollei twin lens reflex (or Hassel) on it's side if having to consider landscape or portrait.
Nov 13, 2017 08:50:07 #
SusanFromVermont wrote:
Chris, I shoot both horizontal and vertical, depen... (show quote)
Is that a chinchilla cat?
Nov 13, 2017 09:07:08 #
Interesting....I've had an SLR/DSLR for 45 years and never heard of "Vertical or Horizontal" shooting. It was always "Portrait or Landscape."
Nov 13, 2017 09:09:18 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
Chris T wrote:
Mark ...
Horizontal = Landscape
Vertical = Portrait ...
Used, not only in photography, but also, at your local stationer's ....
Horizontal = Landscape
Vertical = Portrait ...
Used, not only in photography, but also, at your local stationer's ....
I know what they are equal to. I've been a photographer and desk top publisher, among other things, for many years. I posted because I was surprised by your usage and the usage of some others here. I have found it extremely rare that anyone I've spoken to has ever said "vertical and horizontal " when they meant "portrait and landscape".
Nov 13, 2017 09:12:18 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
dynaquest1 wrote:
Interesting....I've had an SLR/DSLR for 45 years and never heard of "Vertical or Horizontal" shooting. It was always "Portrait or Landscape."
I know. I was surprised by it myself.
Nov 13, 2017 09:39:39 #
Chris T wrote:
Isn't it funny? ... I've noticed that, too, Kris ...
Which is why I posted this .... was curious to see how many others had gotten tuned into verticals, rather than horizontals ....
When you turn it, do you wind up with the shutter button, on the top, or on the bottom?
Which is why I posted this .... was curious to see how many others had gotten tuned into verticals, rather than horizontals ....
When you turn it, do you wind up with the shutter button, on the top, or on the bottom?
On a tripod the button is on top. When hand held I have found it more steady to have the shutter button on the bottom.
About 70-30 horizontal to vertical.
Nov 13, 2017 09:42:18 #
Chris T wrote:
Okay, all you square-format shooters ... this, clearly, isn't one for you ... so, you can skip it ... unless, you have some really positive remark!
I don't SHOOT anything with a camera. It is not a weapon.
I *record* a mix of 1:1, 2:3 (V), 3:2 (H), 3:4 (V), 4:3 (H) and 16:9 (H) compositions. My camera supports JPEG crops for all these. I also save raw, so I'm always recording either 3:4 or 4:3.
The mix varies according to the subject matter. Portraits are mostly vertical. Groups are usually horizontal. Products may be any shape. Process documentation is usually horizontal 16:9 because I'm saving stills from 4K video captures that are 16:9.
Event compositions vary the most. When covering events, I usually know I'll do a lot of cropping in post-production. ln post, I'll add 4:5 (V) and 5:4 (H), plus 5:7 (V) and 7:5 (H) aspect ratios to the others...
Each composition has to be appropriate for the subject matter, setting, lighting, moment, and most importantly, END USE. My photography is generally pretty intentional. I usually know ahead of time what will be done with the images. That gives me a good idea of what to compose and capture at the camera.
Nov 13, 2017 09:43:16 #
Shutter button on top.
Chris T wrote:
Isn't it funny? ... I've noticed that, too, Kris ...
Which is why I posted this .... was curious to see how many others had gotten tuned into verticals, rather than horizontals ....
When you turn it, do you wind up with the shutter button, on the top, or on the bottom?
Which is why I posted this .... was curious to see how many others had gotten tuned into verticals, rather than horizontals ....
When you turn it, do you wind up with the shutter button, on the top, or on the bottom?
Nov 13, 2017 09:57:24 #
dynaquest1 wrote:
Interesting....I've had an SLR/DSLR for 45 years and never heard of "Vertical or Horizontal" shooting. It was always "Portrait or Landscape."
As a teen taking high school journalism, newspaper, and yearbook classes in the '60s and '70s, we always called compositions Vertical or Horizontal or Square.
I think the first time I was aware of "portrait" or "landscape" was when I encountered the printer drivers in early Microslop Windblows. Print Drivers on the Mac use the icon-labeled buttons I've attached, below... Note that they show a "portrait" composed as a vertical and a horizontal, and they don't even use the words, because they don't want to get into the argument! This is a very mature approach.
I worked for school portrait and pro lab companies for over three decades. We used the terms "vertical" and "horizontal" and "square" because we had plenty of photographers who would compose an occasional portrait horizontally, and an occasional group portrait vertically. Our sister company that produced school yearbooks also used those terms. They were universal in the print industry.
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Nov 13, 2017 09:57:26 #
paulrph1
Loc: Washington, Utah
Chris T wrote:
Okay, all you square-format shooters ... this, clearly, isn't one for you ... so, you can skip it ... unless, you have some really positive remark!
I do not count. I shoot what the situation requires.
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