Girl Talk
I believe in breaking the rules. More often than not it results in an inferior photograph. But when it works you have something wonderful, an image to remember.
This simple candied shot captures two little girls sharing secrets oblivious to the rest of the world. They are so into each other they don’t notice what is going on around them, just each other. I particularly like the fact that only a portion of one girl’s face is exposed. This gives us the feeling we are intruders in to their world. This composition uses the traditional one third rule with the subjects face placed at the intersection of the upper left junction. The line of the black and white wall passes through their heads, graphically it forces their heads together and making them that much closer to each other.
The rule braking, can you see it?
The little girl’s ballet slipper’s heal is tangent to the edge of the frame. Normally I would consider this an infringement of the rules, but it this case it adds to the story. I get the feeling this extended leg is holding out the intrusion of the rest of the world and trying to keep us at bay.
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March 15th, 2008 at 9:12 am
Thanks Jim,
The girls were taking a “break” during dance class at Sophie Dance. This image is a porion of a larger one with two other girls talking also, but the were not as interesting and the four of them was too much.