Framing in photography

Every photograph has a frame. By its very nature, the top, bottom, and sides of a photo, be it digital or printed are the boundaries of our composition. However, composition does not have to stop at the physical or digital edges of our images. Very often we add an extra frame to the outside of our images. This could be a photo frame for a print or a black border for a digital image. Both will change the composition of the image.

Using framing photography composition ideas is a unique way to emphasize the subject you are photographing. Framing immediately brings attention to your subject. Definition of framing in Photography Framing is actually defined by wikipedia as 'a technique used to bring focus to a subject'. So, like more advanced compositions

Framing is a popular concept that you’ll find within plenty of composition tutorials.

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You can frame photography to produce quality images using natural elements, architecture, or props. Learn how to create a composition like the pros.

This is a really interesting way to use the frame concept. It's like the camera was sneaking up on this bird and peaking through a fence at it.

It's such a small focus point opposed to most framing photos, interesting take

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Framing your subject is a photographic composition technique used to enhance the overall result of a photo and to draw attention to the subject. Framing does not refer to physical frames you put your photos into. Compositional framing consists of using natural or man-made objects within the photo itself. This is part of a series which discusses photography composition techniques.

Learn what framing in photography is, how to use it, along with plenty of framing examples and ideas you can put into practice today to get better photography composition.

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Natural framing