Old vs New

by Pam
(Douglasville, GA)

I loved the contrast between the steel battleship and the wooden clipper type sailboat. I thought the contrast between the two ships was really cool and tried to capture that in my photo.


Ahh, it's the Old vs. New. This is a wonderful way to look at the world.

I've seen a few examples of this genre (if I can call it a genre). The main idea is to take two things that don't normally go together, and deliberately place them next to each other.

There's the tramp sitting on the steps of a posh hotel, the fancy new sports car sitting in a scrap yard, and of course, Pam's old sailboat next to a mighty modern battleship.

The first point I would make is that it's clearly shows a keen photographic eye. Otherwise this contrast would be not have been spotted and the shot missed.

So well done there, Pam!

Tips and tricks? Well, the one thing that stands out here is the crop.

It's always good to have a look around a scene before pressing the shutter button. Look for two things:

• Are there any distractions in the background? Is that tower sticking out of your main subject's head?
  
• Is anything chopped off? Perhaps your main subject is missing an arm because he/she is too near the edge of the scene?