{"id":4007,"date":"2010-03-09T22:30:53","date_gmt":"2010-03-10T05:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/?p=4007"},"modified":"2010-03-09T22:30:53","modified_gmt":"2010-03-10T05:30:53","slug":"cat-in-frame-within-a-frame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/?p=4007","title":{"rendered":"A Cat Illustrating “Frame Within a Frame”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Composition is complex. It’s not that the simple rules — like the Rule of Thirds<\/a> — are so tough to grasp. It’s that the learning curve from first applying rules to then breaking rules is a mess of subjectivity. It’s true with writing, with photography, and with any artistic endeavor. What agitates my eye or my ear may be sweet Armagnac to yours.<\/p>\n

One compositional rule I like is the frame within a frame<\/a>. It’s a matter of finding the lines and confines to showcase your subject. The photos below are a loose interpretation of that rule.<\/p>\n

Hugh and I were in Alameda, dodging an ice storm . . . ice by California standards, that is. My fingers were so rigid from the cold, I had to slap my shutter with the flat of my hand. Now I know what it’s like to have paws.<\/p>\n

In a brief, blue-sky reprieve, we saw these stacks, bearing the weight of wine (barrels).<\/p>\n

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Stacks of Wine – \u00a9ingridtaylar<\/p><\/div>\n

And then . . . photographic potential arrived: a skittish tabby who couldn’t help but frame herself in the natural geometry of the landscape.<\/p>\n

On the topic of composition — technically, my photo of the running cat doesn’t have enough space in the direction she’s moving. She’s almost nose to the edge. When I first off-loaded the shot, I was disappointed by the framing. I thought I’d given her more breathing room when I snapped the photo. Hugh suggested he liked her placement — that her position showed her imminent departure from my frame. And, evoked a Snagglepuss catch phrase<\/a>: “Exit, Stage Left.”<\/p>\n

So, I ran with that. An homage to Snagglepuss in the last shot.<\/p>\n

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Cat in Frame – \u00a9ingridtaylar<\/p><\/div>\n

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Cat in Frame – \u00a9ingridtaylar<\/p><\/div>\n

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Exit, Stage Right . . . Even – \u00a9ingridtaylar<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Composition is complex. It’s not that the simple rules — like the Rule of Thirds — are so tough to grasp. It’s that the learning curve from first applying rules to then breaking rules is one chocolate mess of subjectivity. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266,11,1],"tags":[267,72],"class_list":["post-4007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-domestic-animals","category-photography","category-uncategorized","tag-domestic-animals-2","tag-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4007\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}