In the science of photography composition, being good at using "frames" is a way to quickly improve composition skills. "Frame" actually originated from architecture, and earlier it originated from the human body and nature. Once "framed", it gathers sight and there is actual div

In the science of photography composition, being good at using "boxes" is a way to quickly improve composition skills. "Frame" actually originated from architecture, and earlier it originated from the human body and nature. Once "framed", it gathers sight and there is actual division. Just like humans just started raising animals in captivity, with "frame" the boundary, there is a "frame" inside and outside the "frame". Our eyes are actually a "box". Our sight has boundaries and a certain perspective. You can see the front, but you can't see the side clearly. Moreover, our eyes only have one focus, and we can only look at one point.

We know that with "box", some difficult things are easy to handle, because with rules and boundaries. You can guide your vision, you can specify your vision, and focus your vision. What I want to say here is more than that. That is, in the composition of the "box", it cannot be limited to "box". Because the lens itself is a box. Photos are also something "framed". The photos we see are also a box, so we must be good at using both real and virtual boxes. For real frames, we need to find a balance between utilization and breaking, so that you can avoid repetition and fixation. Our photos are also a work of art, which must give people a greater visual space and visual thinking. Therefore, it is easy to take a photo with a "frame" and a photo with a frame and a broken frame requires breakthrough. Without breakthroughs, there will be no artistic nature.

and virtual "box", which is even more important. This box is not an obvious, not an easy-to-see, or a real "box", but a box in the author's mind, a box in the author's consciousness, and a box strongly presented by the author. Such a frame can only be realized by photographers repeatedly practicing in actual observation. It is a "frame" that communicates with the author's mind and feels the same as the author. I think this is the higher stage of composition and belongs to the box in consciousness. This box often determines the photographer's artistic level. Because virtual frames require reading more photos, they can only get it through viewing and thinking after they are more sensitive to the photos and their author's creation. Such "frames" are often metaphorical.

Let’s take a look at the “box” works of some famous photographers:

. Let’s first look at the frame composition of Bresson

. Let’s take a look at Robert Frank frame composition

. Let’s take a look at Alex Webb's frame composition

. Let's take a look at Weiwei's frame composition

. Finally, look at Van Gogh 's frame composition painting

"Box" can be seen everywhere in daily life. When we practice photography, we practice using the "frame" of the lens to frame the moments of life. And this frame is both tangible and invisible. And the invisible frames of famous photographers are exactly what we should learn. A "frame" can be shadows, color blocks, rules, no rules, door openings, car windows, curtains, and borders of the photo itself. Therefore, by understanding the frame, you will truly understand the subtlety of composition.

Here, let’s take Van Gogh’s painting as an example because the painting itself is a frame, which is to draw in a frame. Van Gogh is a master of composition and color. Look at the frames of the two chairs, they are different and very vivid. This box is the background of the drawing, so understanding the frame means understanding the composition.

Eating potatoes and harvest scene. The outer frame is the border of the canvas, one is the distance and the other is the medium scene. It is handled just right. Then, use colors to set off your emotions, express your own emotions, and make the people who see it intoxicated.

Why? We say that composition is the most basic for a work, and our photos are painted in the frame. The box is fixed and has boundaries. But composition is infinite and free, while the fluctuations of emotions and the presentation of emotions are boundless, irregular and random, so that the expression of the work is full of personalization. This is Van Gogh's painting, that is Van Gogh's emotions, Picasso's painting, that is Picasso's expression. Let’s look at the two chairs drawn by Van Gogh: Gauguin’s chair, which is very consistent with the person who is Gauguin . Exquisite, stylish and gorgeous, so the chairs are different, the backgrounds are different, and the things placed on the chairs are different. Van Gogh's chair has a mixed background, simple chairs, flowers on the ground, and the things on the chairs are vulgar. This is what Van Gogh looks like, and this comparison is too strong.

As a photography enthusiast, with the concept of frame, there is also a sense of lens. This is very important. Learning to frame the most basic composition concepts and methods, a different perspective, and a basic photography concept, which is very important.

Note: The pictures in the article are from the Internet.