Guidelines for Advanced Composition and Image Design
Juxtaposition
Text and images copyright Arthur Morris, all rights reserved

While the hallmark of my style is working with single birds set against backgrounds of pure color, there are countless times when including other elements (both natural and manmade) in the image is not only necessary, but desirable. The positioning of these other elements of composition in the frame is exceedingly important. These elements are not, of course, “placed” in the frame; the photographer changes the juxtaposition of these elements in the frame relative to the subject’s position by changing his or her perspective. As long as two elements are not on the same plane, their placement relative to each other will change as the photographer moves left or right, up or down.

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