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Sometimes you just need Space
SPACE
++++++Positive space refers to the shapes of objects
——–Negative space is all the empty space around an object
Positive Space: The main subject or area of interest, such as a person in a portrait, a product, or a tree in a landscape. It draws attention and communicates the stor
Negative Space: The area surrounding the subject, often empty or simple (e.g., sky, wall, water), which supports the subject without distracting from it.
- Compositional Balance: Negative space does not have to be completely empty, but it should not compete with the subject for attention. It often takes up 50% or more of the frame to be effective.
- Functions: It creates feelings of loneliness, calmness, or mystery
- Positive Space: objects/people/things with mass
- Negative space: Nothing is there/empty space
Why Negative Space?
- Less is MORE
- If I hand you a clean sheet of white paper with a single ink spot on it, what will you immediately notice? The ink spot. And suddenly, it’s not just an ink spot, it’s a spot surrounded by infinite white. Suddenly, there is a story
- Looks clean, thought out, organized
- When a photos doesn’t have enough negative space they simply will look crowded
- It can drastically change the mood and story of an image: lonely, contemplative, secretive
