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09/09/2002 12:53:49 AM · #1 |
I'm having a bit of trouble fully understanding what is being asked for in the current challenge. I know we are supposed to use the background to accentuate the actual subject, but I'd love to see some example images showing various ways to do this.
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09/09/2002 02:03:13 AM · #2 |
Basically.. negative space is an emptyness added to your photo. Usually, the main focus of your image is by itself.. what surrounds it is not necessarily "blank" .. but the fact that it lacks something actually adds to your photo.
You see it in advertisements all the time.
Here are two examples from previous challenges where the "empty" part of the photo adds aesthetic feeling to the photograph.
Leaving - People Challenge
Hair Cut - B&W Challenge
Until I find my advertising book, this is the best description I can give. I'm sure the photo-smarties out there can describe it better.
Originally posted by bdshort:
I'm having a bit of trouble fully understanding what is being asked for in the current challenge. I know we are supposed to use the background to accentuate the actual subject, but I'd love to see some example images showing various ways to do this.
Brian
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09/09/2002 02:31:19 AM · #3 |
| They posted this challenge 1 hour 42 minutes too late for this picture to qualify... |
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09/09/2002 03:24:07 AM · #4 |
If you dont mind me spamming my own photo... This shot would have done soooo much better in this challenge rather than candid, oh well.
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09/09/2002 06:39:50 AM · #5 |
Definitely Ben, I personnaly gave yours a 8anotherweek but 6thisweek because it did not meet the challenge to me .... but Yes that was a nice shot indeed.
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09/09/2002 08:57:45 AM · #6 |
Another negative space photo...
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09/09/2002 04:02:54 PM · #7 |
Thanks for the examples... I'm definitely starting to get a good idea of what I should be trying... hopefully I'll be able to find a good subject. I do have a few ideas.
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09/09/2002 04:04:29 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by bdshort:
Thanks for the examples... I'm definitely starting to get a good idea of what I should be trying... hopefully I'll be able to find a good subject. I do have a few ideas.
Brian
Please also check the negative space tutorial in the tutorials section... This tutorial provides an excellent description of positive vs negative space.
-Terry
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09/09/2002 04:07:24 PM · #9 |
That's an interesting tutorial on negative space, but i don't think that tutorial does a reasonable job of explaining negative space as it applies to photography...
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09/09/2002 04:13:34 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
That's an interesting tutorial on negative space, but i don't think that tutorial does a reasonable job of explaining negative space as it applies to photography...
I would have liked it better if it included some examples... But I think it at least provides an understanding of the concept, and hopefully with that understanding the photographer can come up with creative ways to apply it. Either that or maybe someone here wants to write a tutorial.
-Terry
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09/09/2002 04:43:27 PM · #11 |
| OK, if that is negative space. What good is it for photography? Would that be something like a pause in literature before the main course? How would that help a photograph except for more bandwidth on a file? I guess if it led to something, all right I will give it a try. |
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09/09/2002 04:48:43 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by Jenguin:
Basically.. negative space is an emptyness added to your photo. Usually, the main focus of your image is by itself.. what surrounds it is not necessarily "blank" .. but the fact that it lacks something actually adds to your photo.
OK - y'all are confusing me about negative space. As an artist I was taught that negative space is used to define the subject, positive space is the subject. Some of the photos that people are showing as examples of negative space, actually look to me like a "positive space" photo. If we were given a "positive space" challenge, what would some examples of that be??? And can a photo be considered to be both a negative and a positive space photo?? :|. |
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09/09/2002 04:50:18 PM · #13 |
This, no doubt, is going to be an interesting challenge... lol..
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09/09/2002 05:02:31 PM · #14 |
MCI's Guide to Scoring Well In the "Negative Space" Challenge on DPChallenge.com
Put a lot of blank (white, black, sky, space, vacuum) space around your subject and jam it into one corner of your shot.
Be sure that your subject is exciting, captivating, emotional, or something to make the viewer get up and say "WOW!".
Be sure it's in color for extra OOMPH.
Don't shoot any American Flags, Starbucks, Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Capitol Buildings, War Monuments, or any other american idols.
Be creative, but not too creative.
Don't try anything artsy or strange.
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09/09/2002 05:16:12 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by konador:
If you dont mind me spamming my own photo... This shot would have done soooo much better in this challenge rather than candid, oh well.
This happens to me about every-other challenge <sigh>. See earlier link...maybe we should expand the challenge time window to include the one week before to accomodate the prescient or unlucky (or the guys making up the topic?).
* This message has been edited by the author on 9/9/2002 5:17:05 PM. |
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09/09/2002 05:21:55 PM · #16 |
| My photo for negative space next week is a candid shot of the Moanday morning messageboards.....slightly out of focus and with a bit of an overexposure to boot >:-D |
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09/09/2002 05:25:43 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by hokie:
My photo for negative space next week is a candid shot of the Moanday morning messageboards.....slightly out of focus and with a bit of an overexposure to boot >:-D
Be sure to title it appropriately :)
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09/09/2002 06:01:55 PM · #18 |
| Oh boy, I am really cornfused.... Is the sky in Play time is over negative? |
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09/09/2002 06:09:35 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by mci:
Don't try anything artsy or strange.
Ya had to go and say that; now what will I shoot?? |
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09/09/2002 06:33:42 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by mci:
MCI's Guide to Scoring Well In the "Negative Space" Challenge on DPChallenge.com
Put a lot of blank (white, black, sky, space, vacuum) space around your subject and jam it into one corner of your shot.
Be sure that your subject is exciting, captivating, emotional, or something to make the viewer get up and say "WOW!".
Be sure it's in color for extra OOMPH.
Don't shoot any American Flags, Starbucks, Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Capitol Buildings, War Monuments, or any other american idols.
Be creative, but not too creative.
Don't try anything artsy or strange.
LOL - OR .... do just the opposite - not care about your score and get all the fun comments that you could get like - "huh?" or "how'd you do that?" or "wow .. that's weird"
- heheheh sounds like I may shoot abstract and artsy - just for the reaction :) - heehehhe
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09/09/2002 06:39:21 PM · #21 |
Play time is over is not a good example of negative space because there is too much going on around the main subject.
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09/09/2002 06:51:36 PM · #22 |
| ... and, surely, the sky is a significant part of the picture's subject matter in this case. |
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09/09/2002 08:10:12 PM · #23 |
Is this an example of negative space ?
Neg Space
Bob
* This message has been edited by the author on 9/9/2002 8:10:51 PM.
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09/09/2002 09:43:09 PM · #24 |
I see negative space, but how do you say "Wow" to empty sky? The "Wow" is what has me confused...
* This message has been edited by the author on 9/9/2002 9:42:20 PM. |
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09/09/2002 10:37:01 PM · #25 |
Originally posted by Frank Beckman:
I see negative space, but how do you say "Wow" to empty sky? The "Wow" is what has me confused..
Beats me Frank....
Bob
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