P3D Re: What did I learn last night...

[George Themelis <gthemelis@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- David Lee <koganlee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I tend to fall into the anti-"rules of
> composition" camp. [....] My recommendation is to:
> 2) [...] frame the scene until it appears to be as organized 
> as possible. 

There it is!  "until it appears to be as organized as possible."
 What does that mean?  "organized"?  How about "as pleasing as
possible?"  So there are ways to organize a scence so it appears
better than other ways.  Now, show me a few dozen scenes which
were "organized" well and I will find some things that they have
in common.  This is the basis of the composition rules.  There
are generally some better ways to organize the scene than
others.  One basic rule says that there should not be two items
of interest, competing for the viewer's attention.  I bet if I
study your work I will find that you are following this rule,
even if you are not conciously aware of it.  You call these
"good ways to organize the information"... I call them "rules
for pleasing composition".

I think it is impossible to critique pictures or make
suggestions from improvement without any reference to
"composition rules" or to ways to organize the information
better.  If I say, "this picture will look better if this was
here and this was there", the question will always be "why?". 
What do you say to that?
  
George

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