Years ago before the digital cameras, which brought about the method of showing images on the TV, things were photographed to unpublished rules. One of these rules was, if the subject was taller than its width, it was taken vertically, if wider than its height, horizontal. Now everything is more or less taken in landscape format, horizontal. OK, take the first picture. ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden ) Now you ask the subject to pose horizantally to get the right format. ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden ) Now you get the idea.
On average, if the photographer is reasonably versed in photo framing techniques, about every 6th photo will be vertical. I once looked through 500 photos and found that I take slightly over 17 per 100 pictures. Jerry
When I was shooting for agencies etc.nearly all my images were vertical to fit magazines etc. Now with the main use being computers and TV screens, plus most people who look through the screen on the camera don't change the view, horizontal rules. As I mentiones tall should be vertical, wide horizontal.
"...tall should be vertical, wide horizontal." This ia a rule I now work by when taking photographs. I have to admit though that when I first became interested in photography I made many mistakes.
Those were one of the most emphasized lessons stressed years ago in my classes. That, and the "Z" factor. And back then, it was imperative that you got it right within a couple of shots. (Who could afford to take 10-20 shots of one bird or flower?) But now with digital cameras, computers and photo programs, it's so much easier to fix things like cropping.
Wow love that pic. Say how do you talk flicker? Do you need to be a bit of a bird brain to speak it well? I qualify.
I think you flew with a flock in your other life. Is your camera permanently attached. Awesome picture every time.
Sometimes they tell you where to go, and not too politely either. ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden )
