Do you look for elements in a scene to "frame" your images, or do you feel that it's a good discipline to frame within the confines of the viewfinder? How do you decide where to draw the edge of an image, and what steps - actual or mental - do you take to work this out? Do you leave the edges until later, when you crop as part of post-processing?
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Ivan
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"Do you look for elements in a scene to "frame" your images, or do you feel that it's a good discipline to frame within the confines of the viewfinder?"
Good question
When I am looking through the viewfinder I am firstly aware that the view I see is only 95% of that which I shoot and I adjust accordingly. Secondly, I try my best to remember to quickly glance at the edges of the viewfinder to make sure nothing unwanted is there. Something that might spoil the picture.
I think I do both. Sometimes the image before me cries out for the elements within it to be used as a 'frame'. It's a mental process; one that sometimes occurs subconsciously. The glass ceiling below is an obvious example but there are many occasions when it is less apparent.
And then there are occasions when there are no 'borders' in the image that can act as a 'frame'. In those cases the confines of the viewfinder are used as a guide to create an imaginary frame. For example, if I shoot a tree against a cloudless sky.
I seldom, hardly ever, create a frame through post-processing. In fact I only crop an image if I don't want the standard 1.6 ratio.
So, in summary, I use both; its a mental process when I use the image elements as a frame and its more of a physical and well thought out process when I use the viewfinder.
Damian
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