Negative space is a fundamental concept across all of the visual arts, including photography.
Imagine a photo of a single cloud in a bright blue sky.
The cloud, being the subject, is positive space and the featureless sky is the negative space.
In such a picture, it is the shape of the negative space ““ far more than the cloud ““ that determines the power of the composition.
So, your challenge is to seek out compositions in which the subject (positive space) is made more vivid through its relationship with the surrounding negative space.
The prizes for this challenge are:
Winner: $250 Momento voucher
Runner up: $150 Momento voucher
Preserve your memories in a premium quality Momento photo book.
Please review the rules and email your entries to photochallenge@photoreview.com.au. Deadline for entries is 28 February, 2017 and the winning pictures will be published in our Jun-Aug 2017 edition.
Here are the rules:
To enter the challenge all you have to do is send us your best image (we’ll consider up to three images per photographer).
1) Entries should only be new images that have been taken in response to the set challenge.
2) This isn’t a photo manipulation contest, so minimal post-capture processing is a given. Sharpening, colour correction and so forth are fine, but adding extra layers isn’t.
3) Supply images as jpegs at minimum 200mm on the longest side, at 300 DPI.
4) Submit all images to photochallenge@photoreview.com.au
5) Please put your caption(s) in the File Info (metadata area) of your image(s), or with the accompanying message. When saving your images, please change the file name so that it incorporates your first initial and last name and the challenge you’re entering (eg, jsmith_chall_negative-space.jpg).
6) All photographers retain copyright to their submitted image(s). Photo Review retains the right to publish submitted image(s) in the magazine, mag app, and website.
