This week we will explore negative space in photography.
Negative space is the area around the main subject of your photograph. This space is empty or unoccupied. Spencer Cox at Photography Life explains,”Photos with high amounts of negative space are: empty, subdued, peaceful, calm, and isolated”.
When I take photos, most of the time I tend to fill them with positive space. The first time I learned about negative space in photography was from my blogging friends- thanks to Mary and Raj. I haven’t seen them for a while.
The image below was taken while traveling Ireland and Scotland in 2018. Notice the big negative space in the sky.
“I think good dreaming is what leads to good photographs.”
– Wayne Miller
This image below was captured with a large aperture setting. Wide aperture can eliminate distractions around the subject and create a nice negative space for the image.
“We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone.” – Katie Thurmes
Also, using Photoshop, you can clean up some of the unwanted features around the subject. For the image below, I simply cropped out the distracting elements on the top and bottom of the image.
“Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.”
— Dorothea Lange
I had no idea how this image would turn out, until I saw the result on my laptop. The negative space isolated the bird as the subject of the image.
“Photography is a love affair with life.” – Burk Uzzle
I’m looking forward to learning more about negative space from everyone who participates this theme.
Join us and share your fun photography experience and photos of negative space. Please remember to link them to the link here, and to use the Lens-Artists Tag to help us find you.
Great topic and variety of examples. Of course my favorite is the macro of the flower. I hadn’t thought of the blurred background in macros as negative space, but it absolutely is. Thanks for this fun take on the challenge.
(and thanks for mentioning my post from last week – so glad you liked it so much 🙂)
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Great topic and variety of examples. Of course my favorite is the macro of the flower. I hadn’t thought of the blurred background in macros as negative space, but it absolutely is. Thanks for this fun take on the challenge.
(and thanks for mentioning my post from last week – so glad you liked it so much 🙂)
My contribution:
https://oneletterup.com/2020/09/17/lens-artists-challenge-negative-space/
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Thank you for your comment. Thank you so much for joining in ! 🙂
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You’re welcome Amy! 🙂
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Very inspiring. I too want to learn more about negative spaces after seeing your post.
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This new format on WordPress is not user friendly for me. Hope the post is better than my experience trying to post it!
https://lindylecoq.com/2020/09/17/lens-artists-photo-challenge-114-negative-spaces/
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I don’t like the new format at all. I really don’t know who does.
Thank you for participating. 🙂
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Here is my entry for the week
https://norasphotos4u.wordpress.com/2020/09/16/lens-artist-challenge-114-negative-space/
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Hi Amy. Loved your theme. https://odaciuk.wordpress.com/2020/09/16/negative-space/
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Thank you for sharing with us, Olga. Your photos are remarkable.
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Better late than never 🙂
https://bushboy.blog/2020/09/16/its-whats-around-not-whats-within/
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Thank you for participating, Brian. Love your selections for this one. 🙂
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