My husband thinks that I should talk more about my thoughts behind each picture, why I took it the way I did. So to appease him a bit, here goes. First, this shot screams little boy to me. If I let him, I think he would live in the dirt, it is a magnet for him. (Most messy things are)
In regards to composition, I took this shot with the subject off center to add emphasis to the dirt. It is sort of the central theme of the picture. I took it with him on the left hand as opposed to the right hand for a few reasons. First, the way he is facing gives you a certain curiosity about what is on that side just off camera and even uneasiness as it draws your eyes out of the picture to the left. Second, the "scenery" on the right side had more interest with the rocks and weeds. The "scenery" to the left of him was a pile of picked weeds, a landslide of dirt and not as visually interesting. So there you have it.
Ok, now you're talkin'. Your comment about what might be off to the left is very intriguing.
ReplyDeleteI have similar view of the picture. Having the dirt take up the largest portion of the picture draws my eye. I don't see "clean" dirt, nicely mulched and ready for planting. I see dirty dirt, hard and full of weeds. And what do we find in the dirty dirt? A little boy laying, focused intently on that dirty dirt.