ABSTRACT
Introduction In the chapter ‘Framing the image’ we have looked at how the camera is a subjective recording medium that can communicate and express the ideas of individual photographers. We have seen how the choice of subject and the arrangement or design of this subject within the frame has enormous potential to control communication. This communication can be further enhanced by varying the way we use the equipment and its controls in order to create or capture images. The photographer is advised to consider the application of technical effects very carefully so that the resulting images are primarily about the communication of content and not technique. Technique should never be obtrusive. The principal techniques that enable photographers on location to communicate in controlled ways are:
~ Focus ~ Duration of exposure ~ Perspective.
