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| Hitomi Dames |
By Hitomi Dames
Photos by Hitomi Dames except as noted
I am not a minimalist, but I like using white space or negative space and creating a clean work.
White Space / Negative Space
You can think negative space and white space are the same.
The nothing or empty space in your composition is called:
- negative space in art;
- white space in design.
I’m sure you have seen this “Rubin’s vase“ before. You can see two faces in this image.
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| Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons By Rubin |
Negative space itself can be subject.
- Some artists start drawing negative space first.
- Some start drawing shadow first rather than the subject.
You can't do that in photography, but if you have an eye to see negative space you include it within a frame and shoot.
These are examples using negative space /white space in my photography.
Flower with Negative / White space
I framed this dahlia with the negative space on one side.
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| Dahlia |
The background, petals of amaryllis (image below) has the effect of white space which creates an interesting composition.
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| Music notes |
I sometimes call white space ‘open space’ in images like below. Open space makes your work feel free and light.
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| Spider in Open Space |
If you include sky, you can create white space easily.
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| UW Campus |
The negative space (sky) image below is broken to 5 pieces by the foreground object, and that makes an interesting composition.
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| Space Needle and Eagle |
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Very interesting, I will try focusing on negative space when I go out to take photos.
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