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    3-8 hours
    DRAMA WITH A FRAME
    Skill Points: The art term “frame” means that the photographer places a PHOTZY.COM
    visual boundary, within the composition, that helps to direct a viewer’s eyes
    • Identifying frames in
    a scene toward the subject. A frame can be created through structural elements,
    • Using frames properly environmental elements, or it can even be created by light, shadow, and color.
    (frame/subject weight ratio)
    • Identifying frames through KEY LESSON: Look for appropriate compositional elements to place
    color, contrast, light, and around the subject. Try to pick a frame that is on the opposite tonal
    environment scale from the subject. Usually, you would want to place the focus on
    • Experimenting with frames
    the subject and not the frame itself. If you think carefully about your
    that help to tell a story frame, it can also add storytelling elements to your photograph.

    Structural frames:
    Man & Bike: This is the use of a frame at its most basic level. The
    doorway frames the man. Take note of these details. The frame, while
    clearly visible, does not overtake the subject. The frame also adds a
    sense of story and place, which is in opposition to the man’s modern
    clothing. This creates drama and interest.
    Two Men: Frames can catch the eye’, even if they are a very small
    portion of the overall image area. If you have a subject that you cannot
    get close to- try to boost their visual weight by using a frame!

    Color as a framing tool:


    Christmas Elves: Look for lighting contrasts and color contrasts to
    create frames. In this picture, the red brick provided a nice frame to the
    green, red, and white costumes, while the tree at the top contrasted the
    umbrellas, and thus framed the top of the shot ‘downward’ as well.
    Subway Exit: The frame here is very reliant on the lighting to create
    contrast. A frame must ‘stand out’ to do its job. The contrast separates
    the subjects from the stairs, while also turning the doorway and the
    woman on the right (in the foreground) into successful frames.

    Dimensional frames:
    Green Pants: Frames work well in multiples. You can lead someone’s
    eyes through your picture with multiple frames. This woman is framed
    by the large door in the foreground, the door that she is facing, and
    finally by the dark window.
    Tough Guy: Machinery in the foreground was used to frame the worker.
    The equipment was bright yellow and overpowered the subject. Using
    post-production, the frame was changed to a muted color scheme. It
    still frames the subject, but now attracts far less visual weight.

    ACTION ASSIGNMENT! HOW DID YOU DO?


    1- Shoot a subject using a structural frame (i.e. Man & Bike and Two Men). • Did you frame a subject using
    2- Shoot a subject using contrasting color as a frame (i.e. Christmas Elves). some structural element?
    3- Shoot a subject using light-shadow to create a frame (i.e. Subway Exit). • Do the frames carry less visual
    4- Shoot a subject using multiple frames (i.e. of Green Pants). weight than the subjects?
    5- Alter a frame in post-production (i.e. Tough Guy). • Is the focus on the subject and
    not the frame?

    READY! SET! GO! ACTION CARDS - COMPOSITION: FRAMES

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