Fill the frame – down the drain

Posted by on Jun 11, 2008 in nature photography | 20 comments

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One of the commonly mentioned suggestions by photo editors if you intend to publish your work is to always leave room for copy.  Copy being printed text, titles, introductions to articles, etc, etc. .  Quite often, myself included, we are composing full frame in the field – with the last thing on our mind being some strange font spread across our images.

End use can be a picky thing, and something we are not always thinking about in the moment. .  “Fill the frame” is the last thing many editors or designers want because it doesn’t leave them any room to do their part. . .  At the very least, create a few different compositions, one that might leave some extra room for copy – some playground for the graphic designer.

This image was sold recently by my stock agent for a financial institution or bank – I am not sure exactly which  .  It happened to be one of the times I was composing for the intent of leaving a lot of extra space   I am glad someone finally took advantage of it  .  I don’t know which institution it is – so if you happen to see this shot somewhere, please drop me a line   They purchased multiple rights to it – website, internal business use, and for direct mail promotional brochures. . .  I have to believe in part it was because of the negative space available to do quite a bit with the layouts, and a subject that is symbolic of wisdom.

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