How and when do I use images?: Difference between revisions
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====Image Orientation==== | ====Image Orientation==== | ||
There are two main orientations of photos: horizontal, or ''landscape'' and vertical, or ''portrait''. | There are two main orientations of photos: horizontal, or ''landscape'' and vertical, or ''portrait''. | ||
=====Horizontal images are best when<ref>http://photography.about.com/od/takingpictures/ss/picorientation_2.htm</ref> | =====Horizontal images are best when | ||
: <ref>http://photography.about.com/od/takingpictures/ss/picorientation_2.htm</ref>===== | |||
*The subject is wider than it is tall | *The subject is wider than it is tall | ||
*The photo has horizontal movement (this will "amplify the sense of movement" and causes the viewer to scan left to right) | *The photo has horizontal movement (this will "amplify the sense of movement" and causes the viewer to scan left to right) | ||
*To convey a sense of space (the image will seem larger because human vision is horizontally oriented) | *To convey a sense of space (the image will seem larger because human vision is horizontally oriented) | ||
=====Vertical Images are best when <ref>http://photography.about.com/od/takingpictures/ss/picorientation_3.htm:</ref>===== | =====Vertical Images are best when <ref>http://photography.about.com/od/takingpictures/ss/picorientation_3.htm:</ref>===== | ||
*The subject is taller than it is wide | *The subject is taller than it is wide | ||