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07/07/2004 12:36:36 PM · #1
and still come up with a winner

[not dpc rules] photographic rules...
07/07/2004 12:39:45 PM · #2
oh man that would be a disaster!
people could find rules out of anything, and say that nothing fits the challenge :p :D
07/07/2004 12:41:34 PM · #3
Wait... Photography has rules?

Who-da-thunk-it?

Where is this listing of rules so that I may enlighten myself, or at least discover what is so dang all fired up important about these 'rules'.
07/07/2004 12:42:39 PM · #4
Photographic rules? Who makes them? :S
07/07/2004 12:59:04 PM · #5
You have to KNOW the rules before you can break them!
I really like the idea of an "experimental" challenge though... Experiment and do something new in any way you see fit...
07/07/2004 01:04:34 PM · #6
Anything that had its subject slightly off center wouldn't meet the challenge. Nor anything with any leading lines. What about perfectly exposed pictures? Wouldn't that violate Sunny 16? S curve composition, radial composition - your subject would have to be half in and half out of the frame, poorly exposed and not "of" anything interesting.

Fun!
07/07/2004 01:10:29 PM · #7
Sounds interesting, but since photos cant be disqualified for not following the topic of the challenge, someone can just come by and follow all the rules, makeing a great photo, and still win :)
07/07/2004 01:14:43 PM · #8
Of course, every photo would have to be out of focus -- but wait, that would be consided abstract by some.

Breaking a rule just changes the label that is applied to the photo called 'style'.

David
Every craft has rules, even if those who do it refuse to call them by such a label.
07/07/2004 01:20:40 PM · #9
Okay, is there an online listing of 'Photography Rules' with succinct, that is clear and short, definitions of said rules?

It would be interesting to see how my 'eye' stands up to the 'Rules of Photography', at least how it applies to various styles...

If not a web-site, what about an inexpensive book that doesn't dive into the depths of treating the reader as though they just learned how to read as the "...for Dummies" series books often do...
07/07/2004 01:27:07 PM · #10
I think they are more like guidelines - not rules. And there is no such thing as the 'perfect exposure' or the 'right exposure'. It all boils down to individual taste.
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