How to replace inheritance with composition in this case?
I’ve recently read several articles about the advantages of the composition over inheritance. Their authors said that you can always replace inheritance with composition (to be precise, they say they...
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How to photograph flat plastic in an "interesting" way to show off its...
At work we are currently in the process of photographing samples of materials. The idea is to photograph them to show their structure/properties more than their shape (i.e. if we have a steel cog, we...
View ArticleHow to maintain encapsulation with composition in C++?
I am designing a class Master that is composed from multiple other classes, A, Base, C and D. These four classes have absolutely no use outside of Master and are meant to split up its functionality...
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Why do breathtaking views turn into "boring" photos, and how can I do better?
I recently purchased a Canon 700D with a 18-135 IS lens to get into photography. I’m trying to improve, but my photos seem ‘boring’. Let me give some examples: I took these today. The scenery looks...
View ArticleHow do I make sample photos for cameras/lenses?
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View ArticleHow do I compose photos with prime lenses?
I own a Sony NEX-5R, with two prime lenses: 19mm F2.8 Sigma, and 35mm F1.8 Sony. How do I best compose photos with prime lenses like these? I can think of a few: Walk towards or away from the subject....
View ArticleExtending a struct. Using helper classes rather than composition
I have a struct which I want to add static methods to. Yes, you guessed right I’m talking about Datetime. It’s a pretty typical requirement to add MyCustomParse. It happens to return Datetime?, so it’s...
View ArticleTips for shooting playing cards?
I would like to shoot playing cards (a deck of 60 cards and a big deck of 120 cards) and have questions regarding lighting and composition: What are good camera angles? Would you lay them flat on a...
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How can I make successful abstract photographs?
I am trying to impress some of my friends, and also my teacher (who is a professional photographer). He asked us to take three frames to represent abstract photography. I have taken some shots and I...
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When should the negative space not be used to bring attention to a subject?
Considering http://photo.stackexchange.com/a/21378/5205 I tried to bring attention to this bud by leaving a lot of space on the right, but nearly everyone told me to crop that space off....
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How to photograph an adult and a child together such that the adult doesn't...
I have taken the following photographs myself in different frames of time. I have been told that in the below pictures, the man “dominates” the scene. How should I take these kind of photos such that :...
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View ArticleHow do I take advantage of a tablet to compose better photos?
I find that tablets have one big advantage over other kinds of cameras: phones, point-and-shoots, and interchangeable lens cameras (like the NEX-5R, which I own). And that advantage is the size of the...
View ArticleDo Left and Right matter in how the photo is perceived?
Usually, when composing I choose if placing the subject on one side or the other depending on the subject itself, the background or other subjective or practical reasons. But abstracting out from...
View ArticleDesign pattern for composition workflows
Please bear with me as I find this tricky to articulate exactly what I am after (probably not a good sign..). I have several services set up which can be combined in a particular order to create...
View ArticleIs it better for a beginner to start with black and white photography?
I’m quite a beginner in photography with no real experience in visual art. I became interested in it about 10 months ago. I inferred from the literature to avoid color photography for 2 to 3 years, or...
View ArticleWhat's wrong with portrait orientation?
When I first showed my photos to relatively wide audience online, several photographers commented about the amount of portrait-oriented shots. The essense was that I should take more landscape-oriented...
View ArticleIs cropping out someone's ear a no-no in a portrait?
I know limbs have their compositional rules. I’m working on a self-portrait where I’m contemplatively looking left. To emphasize the effect, I want to crop my right ear off (hey, no Van Gough jokes!)....
View ArticleIdeal export in terms of size for asynchronous module definitions in JavaScript?
When creating AMD modules you can export whatever you like whether it be an object or a function. I vaguely recall reading a recommendation somewhere to export just one thing; the idea being “keep it...
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How to photograph flat plastic in an “interesting” way to show off its...
At work we are currently in the process of photographing samples of materials. The idea is to photograph them to show their structure/properties more than their shape (i.e. if we have a steel cog, we...
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