New forms of art are not exempt from the old rules of composition.
Old Train in Red White and Blue by Richard Lewis 2014
Recently I went to photograph some old train cars and decided to only use an iPhone camera. iPhoneography can inspire a more surreal and impressionistic view of old and abandoned things. When framing this photograph I realized that in spite of using a goofy little camera phone, I was instinctively following traditional rules of composing an image.
Just because iPhoneography is a relatively new form of art doesn’t exempt it from the time tested rules of composition. The simple use of leading lines and diagonals in this photograph apply the same as if I was using a traditional camera, or creating an oil painting.
These images are very unorthodox, surreal and gets me looking more closely. I prefer mysterious pictures that allow me to linger.
Thanks, I like the term unorthodox to describe iPhoneography. The medium goes against the traditional idea of big sensors and sharp lenses.
Your composition and painterly processing works very well. (You probably couldn’t make a bad composition even if you tried!) 🙂
Thanks Denise, I appreciate the nice comment. As for the bad compositions, that’s why we we have delete buttons on our cameras right?