The theory of thirds is from painting. The painters thought it made the image a unity. A line going thru the middle of a picture either horizontally or vertically was thought to be two pictures. The murals/mosaics/water-washes from Greek and Roman times had no frames.
Roy
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Chandler <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: PhotoForum educational network <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wed, Jul 18, 2018 11:34 am
Subject: Re: Jumping child
On 2018-07-18 14:14, Andrew Davidhazy wrote:
> OK … so nobody liked or wanted to give some feedback on my pseudo stroboscopic photograph...
Well, it's rather carefully done, but then we know you are an expert at
this sort of thing. But I wonder why kid#3's feet are quite so blue? I
suppose reflected light from the pool, but why isn't anything else blue?
Plato's theory of vision is interesting - see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emission_theory_(vision) - and the number
of people who plainly have not yet worked out that a photograph is a
recording of light reflected by the subject reminds us of the times we
live in. Oh, and near the bottom of the Wikipedia article is a reference
to a paper that suggests that about 50% of adults think Plato was right.
Hmm.
Brian Chandler
From: Brian Chandler <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: PhotoForum educational network <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wed, Jul 18, 2018 11:34 am
Subject: Re: Jumping child
On 2018-07-18 14:14, Andrew Davidhazy wrote:
> OK … so nobody liked or wanted to give some feedback on my pseudo stroboscopic photograph...
Well, it's rather carefully done, but then we know you are an expert at
this sort of thing. But I wonder why kid#3's feet are quite so blue? I
suppose reflected light from the pool, but why isn't anything else blue?
Plato's theory of vision is interesting - see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emission_theory_(vision) - and the number
of people who plainly have not yet worked out that a photograph is a
recording of light reflected by the subject reminds us of the times we
live in. Oh, and near the bottom of the Wikipedia article is a reference
to a paper that suggests that about 50% of adults think Plato was right.
Hmm.
Brian Chandler
