Lots of people shoot 'portrait mode' with their iphones etc. Perhaps a 9x16 frame is in our future, alongside everything else?
On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 1:20 PM, robert harris <[email protected]> wrote: > Had the Chinese invented cinema, might not the aspect ratio been something > along the lines of 3x11? > What if the Inuit had invented cinema, how would their sensibility have > placed edges? > > bh > > > On Oct 21, 2011, at 12:24 PM, Tom Whiteside wrote: > > Rob’s brilliant question raises another point that has long interested me > – why don’t we make/look at circular images? Lenses have always created > circular images, but early photography put square corners on images (cut > into the circles) in order to, one thinks, mimic the conventions of canvas > stretched over frames. Yes there are a few round paintings and other shapes > (walls of caves for starters), but the long history of image making has been > all about arranging images inside the corners.**** > ** ** > - Tom**** > ** ** > What frame ratio do people think is best for a painting and should it be > cropped later to fit the ready-made picture-frame? > > Rob > > > **** > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > -- *Honk! If you like funny. <http://www.honkthemovie.com>* * * [email protected] (347) 469-1964
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