Re: Still Life Compositions

You can either get closer to your composition, or choose a neutral
background, or selectively light your composition and leave the background
darker. Or you can burn in the background during printing.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Andrews" <mandrews@dragonbones.com>
To: <pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 7:47 PM
Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Still Life Compositions

> I am novice pinhole photographer looking for some advice regarding
shooting
> still life compositions with my 4X5 Pinhole Camera (25mm focal length).
>
> My issue is that I am trying to limit the elements in my composition, but
> tend to pick up a significant amount of the surrounding area no mater how
> close I am to the still life composition. Is it possible to limit the
> surrounding area? I've seen other pinhole still lifes with a limited
> composition--perhaps this was accomplished in the darkroom?
>
> Many thanks in advance for any advice you can offer.
>
>
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Received on Sat Dec 28 22:03:21 2002