Let me write a little bit about what I think about the "phenomenon" that's known as art. I always think in terms of art really often. I guess I have an artistic take on the world. My favorite forms of art would probably include the following: things that are simplistic, as well as surrealistic. Also, when I'm thinking about drawings and/or paintings in particular one of the terms that really comes up in my mind is "ethereal". In my own drawings, I prefer to draw things intricately as well. I enjoy using the concepts of composition in my own creative ways, as well as using various concepts of contrast. Because contrast does not always have to do with color; it can also have to do with surfaces. And, actually, size is just another one of those things that can be considered as "contrast", although this would much better fall under composition. Particularly perspective. Whatever you can learn from photography, you can also use in other art forms. Much of what I know from teaching myself photography can often provide extremely useful in art. And, much of this can also be applied to videography in general, so of course, movie producers, for example, can consider much of these concepts whenever they're making movies. If you're ever trying to accomplish effective composition to show depth, here is some advice. Depth becomes much more effective when photographing large, immense scenes, such as landscapes, for instance. And in such instances, you want to also include relatively small objects in the field of view. It doesn't sound as though these small features of an image would change much in terms of perspective. Yet, surprisingly, they do! Why? A combination of large and small helps to exaggerate scale. For example, when photographing some cliffs, having some tall trees really close in the foreground can prove effective if you also have those types of tall trees very far away in the background. And placing someone close to the camera in the image can also help out a lot, especially if you also place at least one other person further away. You probably want the distance between each person to be as much as possible. Although, you must keep in mind, that if you go too far with this, the person (or people) in the background might be totally unrecognizable. And in some extreme cases, not even visible! So, let's take it a step further. You want to be taking pictures whenever the sunlight is coming from low in the sky. And how low the sun is depends on what you are trying to photograph. You want to try and get some really dramatic shadows. However, keep in mind that there is a problem that can often arise. Because sometimes you can easily go too far with this idea. And when that happens you might get too much or perhaps too little of the scene hidden away in the darkness. So, what you might want to try taking the same photo over and over again. That's right. Sounds "crazy", doesn't it? Well we're not merely trying to go for copies. Just try taking the pictures, and allow a good amount of time (like a few minutes or so) to pass between each picture is taken. Then you will truly be able to see what effects the changing sunlight has on your landscape photography, although this can also be applied to various types of photography, including architecture. When you take these photos, you might want to adjust the contrast, or levels. What's interesting about this is, there are also many people on the other side of the spectrum, probably most all of them, who prefer less contrast in their images. So they refer to processing their images various ways, such as adjusting the highlights and shadows. One of the techniques that has become really popular among "landscapers" is what's known as simply, HDR. So, what's the best? What technique creates the most effective photos; HDR, or actually decreased dynamic range? And that, my friends, simply has to do with whatever is your personal preference. And that's just one of the several reasons in which photography has been mind boggling to me. Some of my photos eventually come out resulting in many versions. And to this day, I've only posted like one version of all my photos, of which there are multiple other versions probably stored away somewhere. And I could probably come up with an entire set of new versions if I were to play around with my photos some more in Photoshop.
Lines also play an important role in photos. When they appear at specific angles, that can have some compelling effects on composition. More on photography later.
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