Fill the Frame

9th Rotation Homework Theme -Fill the Frame

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Filling The Frame simply means to fill your photograph with more of the subject.  So instead of having negative space, this means you need to get close to your subject. Really close.... Here, the frame refers to the edges of your photograph or the edges of the viewfinder or phone screen when you are shooting.  The advice to fill the frame means to get in close, to make your subject a significant portion of the final photograph.

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It means that you’re removing any distractions.  When we look at your photo you'll see the subject matter and that’s it.  They won’t be distracted by anything other than what you’ve taken a photo of.

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"Photographers tend to leave too much ‘stuff’ around their subject.  The viewer gets lost in the chaos and doesn’t know where to look.  Less is often more."

 

Filling the frame encourages you to really spend some time thinking about your subject and how best to feature that subject in your composition.  How can you bring forward the details or the patterns or the most critical element(s) of your subject?  How does the background add to or take away from the story that you are trying to tell?

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The bottom line?  When in doubt, get closer.