{"id":89732,"date":"2017-07-02T15:09:49","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T20:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=89732"},"modified":"2017-07-02T15:09:49","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T20:09:49","slug":"using-shadows-to-enhance-compositions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/07\/02\/using-shadows-to-enhance-compositions\/","title":{"rendered":"Using shadows to enhance compositions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you\u00a0thought much about the use or role\u00a0that shadows play in your composition?\u00a0Well, consider the following observations.<\/p>\n

Generally, you’ll want to shoot before 10 am or after 4 pm because the shadows will be longer and a more prominent part of the composition. Here’s the reasoning. \u00a0Think of snow drifts or sand dunes shot at noon without shadows,\u00a0then the same scene recorded with shadows shot earlier or later in the day.\u00a0\u00a0There’s quite a difference\u00a0between the two isn’t there?<\/p>\n

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An example of how shadows can add to a composition by Rex Dolby<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Almost any time you wish to make texture or surface details\u00a0part of the composition, such as weathered wood on a barn or text on a monument, light at a low angle will help.<\/p>\n

Another situation arises when\u00a0you don’t have an object for your foreground, possibly a well-positioned shadow can fill in the blank space, thus adding depth to the scene and\/or leading the viewer’s eye into the picture.<\/p>\n

Interesting shadows on a surface may themselves become the subject of a photo, as well as staging a photo of a person doing an action with a real prop on the ground\u00a0that the shadow appears to be kicking, holding or throwing.<\/p>\n

We think of portrait photography as lighting-not shadows, but the more you study good portraits, the more you become aware of how shadows add to the image and dominate a dramatic portrait.<\/p>\n

Set your camera to underexpose one or two stops so you won’t burn out the highlights nor fill in the shadows.\u00a0For more discussion, why not attend the next Van Wert Area Photography Club meeting on Thursday,\u00a0July 13, at 114 S. Race St.?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you\u00a0thought much about the use or role\u00a0that shadows play in your composition?\u00a0Well, consider the following observations. Generally, you’ll want to shoot before 10 am or after 4 pm because the shadows will be longer and a more prominent part of the composition. Here’s the reasoning. \u00a0Think of snow drifts or sand dunes shot at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cameraclub"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-31 06:17:51","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89732\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}