Negative Space

       NEGATIVE  SPACE







Negative space is the empty space around the main subject of an image which makes the audience focus on that subject as opposed to the background.

Here are my examples of the use of negative space in photography:


This first photograph is of Hayley Burns. I took this in college on the staircase. I think it works well with the negative space as the wall behind her is white and shows no distractions.

This image of Hayley was again taken on a staircase at college. Again, there is no distracting background, only negative space. You can see her whole body and there is nothing cropped in this image, you can see the lines at the bottom of the wall and i think this works well with the image as it acts as leading lines and directs the audience to look straight at the subject.

This image was taken outside the cafe at college. I have used negative space in this photograph, this is shown as I have chosen a background with nothing eye catching or distracting to take the focus off of my subject Hayley.

This photograph, as you can see, is taken against a brick wall. The repeated pattern of the brick wall acts as a non-distracting background for Hayley who is the main subject of this image.