Forget the Rule of Thirds, do this instead…

James Popsys
24 May 202312:00

Summary

TLDR本视频讨论了摄影中的构图技巧,强调了主体与陪体之间的关系对于创作有冲击力的照片的重要性。视频中提到,尽管有许多构图规则,如三分法、奇数法则等,但关键在于如何让陪体突出主体,而不是分散观众的注意力。摄影师需要通过观察和实践,找到最佳的拍摄方式,以确保照片中的每个元素都能和谐地共同讲述一个故事。

Takeaways

  • 📸 摄影中构图的重要性,尤其是对于初学者来说,构图规则如三分法则、奇数法则等虽有用,但更重要的是拍摄对象的选择。
  • 🌟 选择拍摄对象时,应寻找那些真正吸引你眼球的事物,因为个人兴趣和审美各异,所以每个人的拍摄对象也会不同。
  • 🎥 拍摄过程中,要思考如何突出主体,寻找辅助元素来衬托主体,增强照片的美感、大小、质感或氛围。
  • 🌳 辅助元素的选择和使用要恰到好处,避免过多或过少,以免分散观众对主体的注意力。
  • 🏞️ 拍摄时要考虑如何安排辅助元素在画面中的比例和位置,以及它们与主体的关系,以创造出最佳的视觉效果。
  • 📷 有时候,简单的辅助元素,如负空间,就能有效地突出主体,而复杂的场景则需要更细致的构图思考。
  • 🚶‍♂️ 在场景中有多个潜在拍摄对象时,要注意它们在画面中的间隔和等待时机,以避免画面过于拥挤。
  • 🤔 有时候,辅助元素会自然而然地出现,使得拍摄方式变得显而易见,而有时候则需要摄影师去寻找和创造。
  • 🏠 通过调整焦距、拍摄角度和位置,可以更好地强调主体与辅助元素之间的关系,从而提升照片的冲击力。
  • 🌐 摄影师分享了他对Squarespace网站的使用体验,强调了它在个人作品展示和组合方面的便利性。
  • 🔗 鼓励观众尝试使用Squarespace创建自己的网站,并通过提供的链接获得优惠,以便更好地展示和分享他们的作品。

Q & A

  • 视频开头提到的Squarespace是什么?

    -Squarespace是一家提供网站建设和域名服务的公司,用户可以通过访问squarespace.com/James来享受首次购买的优惠。

  • 视频中提到的构图技巧有哪些?

    -视频中提到了规则的构图技巧,如三分法则、奇数规则、空间规则、引导线、负空间、填充画面、前景填充等。

  • 为什么说选择拍摄对象比拍摄方式更重要?

    -因为如果拍摄对象本身无聊,无论采用何种拍摄技巧,最终的作品仍然会显得乏味。选择有趣的拍摄对象是创作吸引人照片的关键。

  • 视频中如何比喻主拍摄对象和辅助拍摄对象的关系?

    -视频将主拍摄对象和辅助拍摄对象的关系比作电影中的主角和配角,配角的作用是突出主角,使主角更加引人注目。

  • 如何判断辅助拍摄对象是否真正支持了主拍摄对象?

    -如果辅助拍摄对象能够增强主拍摄对象的美感、大小、质感或氛围,而不是分散观众的注意力,那么它就是真正支持了主拍摄对象。

  • 在构图时如何处理主拍摄对象和辅助拍摄对象的比例?

    -需要通过尝试不同的构图方式,找到合适的比例,使得辅助拍摄对象能够充分支持主拍摄对象而不至于分散注意力。

  • 为什么在拍摄时要考虑元素之间的间距和等待时机?

    -当场景中有两个以上的元素时,合理的间距和等待合适的时机可以避免画面显得过于拥挤,保持视觉上的平衡和舒适。

  • 如何确保在构图时做出有意识的决定?

    -无论选择包含还是排除辅助拍摄对象的全部或部分,都需要有明确的目的和意图,这样可以确保最终作品的效果是经过深思熟虑的。

  • 视频中提到的南极企鹅的照片有什么特点?

    -南极企鹅的照片特点是,很明显地需要包含小木屋和山脉作为辅助拍摄对象,这些元素与企鹅形成了一个完整的、有故事性的画面。

  • 视频最后提到了Squarespace的网站构建特点有哪些?

    -Squarespace的网站构建特点包括免费试用、拖放式设计、选择模板和轻松排序照片等,非常适合摄影师用来构建个人作品网站和在线作品集。

  • 视频作者为什么喜欢使用Squarespace作为他的作品集网站?

    -视频作者喜欢使用Squarespace,因为他可以不断地回顾和调整网站,享受挑选和排列自己喜欢的照片的过程,而且可以很好地展示他的作品和故事线。

Outlines

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📸 摄影构图的艺术

本段主要讨论了摄影中的构图技巧,强调了除了遵循如三分法则、奇数法则等传统规则外,更重要的是如何选择合适的拍摄对象和拍摄方式。提到了即使有引导线等技巧,如果拍摄对象本身无聊,照片依然会显得乏味。因此,作者分享了他如何选择拍摄对象和如何利用辅助元素来突出主要对象,以及如何在不失主要对象突出性的前提下,决定包含多少辅助元素进入画面。

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🏞️ 拍摄故事与情感

这段内容进一步探讨了如何在摄影中讲述故事和传达情感。作者通过比喻,将电影中的主演和配角的关系与摄影中的主拍摄对象和辅助对象的关系相提并论,说明了辅助对象如何帮助突出主要对象,并增强照片的故事性。通过具体的例子,如康沃尔的矿山塔和轮式手推车等,说明了作者如何通过选择性地包含或排除某些元素,来增强或削弱照片的故事性和视觉冲击力。

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🔍 寻找最佳构图

最后一段内容总结了作者在摄影中寻找和实现最佳构图的方法和思考过程。作者强调了在拍摄时不仅要考虑拍摄什么,还要考虑如何拍摄。他分享了自己如何在拍摄现场评估和选择辅助元素,以及如何通过改变焦距、拍摄角度和位置来优化主要对象的呈现。此外,作者还提到了在构图中如何处理多个竞争对象,以及如何通过这些元素的组合创造出大于各部分总和的效果。最后,作者感谢了视频赞助商Squarespace,并鼓励观众访问他的网站,体验他如何通过Squarespace展示和策划自己的摄影作品。

Mindmap

Keywords

💡构图

构图是摄影中安排画面元素以增强视觉吸引力和传达信息的艺术。在视频中,构图是讨论的核心,强调了如何通过构图技巧来提升照片的质量和表达力。例如,视频中提到了如何通过规则(如三分法)和对主要和次要元素的考量来改善照片的构图。

💡三分法

三分法是一种常用的构图技巧,通过将画面分为九等份的网格,将主要元素放置在这些线条的交点或沿线上,以增强视觉平衡和吸引力。视频中提到了三分法,但同时也强调了构图不仅仅是遵循规则,而是要创造性地运用它们。

💡主体

在摄影中,主体是指画面中的主要焦点或最吸引观众注意的元素。视频强调了识别并强调主体的重要性,并通过次要元素来衬托主体,使其更加突出。例如,视频中的房车照片,房车是主体,而上方的树作为次要元素,起到了保护和突出房车的作用。

💡次要元素

次要元素是照片中用来衬托或增强主体的元素。它们帮助构建场景的故事性,增加照片的深度和复杂性。视频中通过多个例子说明了如何通过选择性地包含或排除次要元素来强化主体,如电塔和矿塔的照片。

💡负空间

负空间是指照片主体周围的空白区域,它可以用来强调主体,提供视觉对比,或引导观众的视线。视频中提到负空间可以作为一种简单的次要元素,通过围绕主体的空白区域来增强主体的视觉影响力。

💡领导线

领导线是构图中用来引导观众视线的元素,如道路、河流或任何自然或人造的线条。视频中提到领导线可以作为有效的次要元素,如找到一条通往房子的小路,这条小路成为了引导观众视线的领导线。

💡填充画面

填充画面是指在构图时尽可能多地包含主体,以减少负空间,增强视觉冲击力。然而,这需要谨慎处理,以避免画面显得过于拥挤或杂乱。视频中讨论了如何平衡主体和负空间的比例,以创造有力的视觉叙述。

💡前景

前景是照片中位于主体前方的元素,可以用来增加深度感或作为领导线。视频中提到了如何通过包含前景元素来增强照片的层次感,如在房车照片上方的树木不仅作为背景,也作为前景的一部分。

💡个人偏好

个人偏好在摄影构图中扮演着重要角色,因为不同的摄影师可能会对同一场景做出不同的构图选择。视频中强调了个人偏好在决定哪些元素增添或分散注意力时的重要性,以及如何根据个人风格来调整构图。

💡Squarespace

Squarespace是一个网站构建平台,允许用户创建网站、在线商店和博客。视频中提到了Squarespace作为赞助商,并展示了如何使用该平台来展示摄影作品。Squarespace提供了一个简单易用的界面,让用户可以通过拖放和自定义模板来创建个人网站。

💡摄影组合

摄影组合是指摄影师选择展示的一系列照片,它们共同讲述一个故事或展示摄影师的风格。视频中讨论了如何通过网站来策划和展示摄影组合,以及如何根据照片的色调、故事线和情绪来安排它们在组合中的位置。

Highlights

本次视频感谢Squarespace赞助,如果需要建立网站或购买域名,可以访问squarespace.com/James享受首单九折优惠。

今天要讨论的是摄影中经常被问到的构图问题,尽管已经有很多YouTube视频、博客和书籍讨论过,但仍值得再次探讨。

构图的技巧如三分法、奇数原则、空间规则、引导线、负空间等都是强大的技术,但初学者往往因为过分关注这些规则而忽略了拍摄对象本身的重要性。

如果拍摄对象本身无聊,无论采用何种构图技巧,最终作品仍会显得乏味。

摄影中最重要的是确定拍摄对象和如何拍摄,这比构图规则更为关键。

在摄影中,主要拍摄对象和辅助对象的关系就像电影中的主角和配角,配角的作用是突出主角。

辅助对象应该以某种方式帮助主要对象脱颖而出,比如强调美感、大小、质感或氛围。

在构图时,要考虑如何平衡辅助对象与主要对象的比例,以确保辅助对象能够恰当地衬托主要对象而不会造成干扰。

通过观察和实践,可以学会如何识别并利用辅助对象来增强照片的故事性和视觉冲击力。

个人的审美和偏好在决定哪些元素是分散注意力、哪些元素是增添故事性时起着关键作用。

在场景中包含多个元素时,元素之间的间距和等待时机是关键。

在构图时,要有意识地选择是否完整地包含辅助对象,以避免画面显得杂乱无章。

有时候辅助对象的出现是如此明显,以至于你不需要过多思考就知道如何拍摄。

在某些情况下,需要寻找和尝试不同的视角来找到最佳的辅助元素。

通过调整焦距、拍摄角度和位置,可以更好地强调主要对象和辅助对象之间的关系,从而创造出更具冲击力的作品。

有时候,简单的负空间也可以成为有效的辅助对象,增强主要对象的突出性。

总结来说,摄影不仅仅是决定拍摄什么,更重要的是如何拍摄,以及如何通过辅助对象来最大化主要对象的影响力。

Transcripts

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a big thank you to Squarespace for

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sponsoring this week's video if you need

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a website or a domain go to

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squarespace.com forward slash James for

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10 off your first purchase hi everyone

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um I press record and then my laptop

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died so I've just rebooted it hopefully

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that fixes the problems we'll see

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today what I thought I'd do is talk a

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little bit about composition which is

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probably the thing that I'm asked most

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about in photography and I've not spoken

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about it for ages so I thought today we

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could revisit it

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um there are lots of composition videos

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on YouTube

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lots of information on blogs and in

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books and stuff but most of it I have

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found centers on the rules rule of

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thirds rule of odds rule of space

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leading lines negative space filling the

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frame packing the foreground all that

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stuff all good stuff powerful techniques

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and as useful as those techniques can be

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I have found particularly when you're

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dealing with beginners that often it

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will end up informing what they shoot

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not just how they shoot and the issue

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with that is that if you've got a boring

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subject it doesn't matter how you shoot

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it and if you've got a leading line

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towards it it's still going to be boring

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so today what I thought I'd do is talk

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through how I think about what to shoot

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and just as importantly how I shoot it

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in the hope that it's interesting maybe

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useful it's not the way it's just a way

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as with all photography there is no

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right and wrong but uh yes let's

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see if this laptop works now the easiest

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part of Photography as far as I'm

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concerned is working out what it is that

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we want to photograph and the reason

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that I think is the easiest part of

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Photography is that my parameters are

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pretty loose really basically if I see

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something that I think looks nice I will

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want to photograph it now of course

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those things will be different for all

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of us some of us like mountains some of

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us like dogs some of us like insects now

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the difficult bit and in fact I think

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the hardest bit of Photography is

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working out how to photograph those

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things and in the main that's what I

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want to talk about today now every film

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or movie has a lead actor

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or most of them do and every film or

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movie or most of them have supporting

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actors and typically the job of the

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supporting actor is to make the lead

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actor stand out in some way and so

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dialogue with the supporting actor can

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make the lead actor seem a bit softer

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and equally if the supporting actor

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needs saving in some way then the lead

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actor can look caring or tough but in

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many instances the relationship between

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a supporting actor and a lead actor is

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crucial for the story and I think it's

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exactly the same in photography so we

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have our main subjects in our photos the

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thing that caught our eye but we also

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have supporting subjects and it's the

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job of those supporting subjects to

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accentuate the main subject and maybe

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they'll be accentuating the beauty the

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size the texture the mood but in some

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way they will be helping our main

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subject stand out so this photo here I

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think is a pretty good example of that

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we've got the Caravan plan which is the

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main subject and then this tree

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overhanging it which I would suggest is

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a supporting subject and I suppose it's

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kind of acting as like a shelter a

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protector of some kind but I'd also say

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it's a crucial part of the story of this

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Caravan and whenever I'm photographing

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something like this and I see pretty

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much straight away that the supporting

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subject really is supporting the main

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subject and not distracting from it then

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I know for sure that I want to include

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it in my scene the question then becomes

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how much of it do I want to include in

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my scene because the key with this photo

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and indeed all photos is trying to work

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out your quantities how much of your

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supporting subject do you need to show

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for it to adequately support your main

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subject without distracting from the

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main subject and so if I was to crop

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into this Caravan I think you'd

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completely lose the sense of place that

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you get with a large percentage of this

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tree in the frame similarly if I'd have

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gone for a wider focal length or if I

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show got this from further back and

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ended up with more of the tree in the

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frame I think the result would have

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ended up with the subject being too

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small in the frame and not prominent

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enough I saved the subject the Caravan

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and so for me composition is really

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working out this dance between the

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supporting elements and the main subject

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and how they can both complement each

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other the best and if you look through

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my portfolio there are plenty of

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examples where I've got a supporting

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subject but where I don't include the

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entire supporting subject and more often

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than not that's because I want a

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supporting subject I really feel it adds

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to the scene but my concern is that by

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including the entire supporting subject

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I would dilute the impact of the main

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subject so that's definitely the case

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with these electricity pylons in Abu

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Dhabi I like how the supporting subject

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in the foreground acts as a frame for

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the one in the distance but were I to

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include any more of the one in the

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foreground than I think the one in the

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background the main subject would just

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become inconsequential is that a word if

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I made that up inconsequential

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it sounds right uh here's another one so

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this is a mine down in Cornwall you

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might remember this from a video last

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year uh and at the mine was this tower

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that you see on the right hand side of

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this image and in this photo I decided

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not to include the entire thing for fear

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of diluting the main subject and so like

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I say my mindset is this constant dance

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between how the supporting subjects

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interact with the main subject and

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ultimately what we're trying to do is

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work out what adds to the story and what

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distracts from the story and It's tricky

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because that will always be down to

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personal opinion so let's take these

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wheelbarrows for example which I shot

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down in Cornwall last year as well now I

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could have made this shot an awful lot

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simpler by taking 10 Paces to my right

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and then I basically could have got a

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profile of them just with the c behind

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or if I've got lower I wouldn't have

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even had to have had the ocean I could

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have just had three wheelbarrows in a

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line and then a wall behind them and so

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what I've chosen to do actively is is to

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position myself to include an awful lot

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more than that and in my view the things

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that I've chosen to add have added to

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the story and to the shot but of course

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you may disagree you may find the stuff

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in the background super distracting and

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think the photo is just way too

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complicated uh same with this shot so

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this was another one from the frost last

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winter we've got the Sheep we've got

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this bright orange tree we've got the

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steam coming off this Farm or factory

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whatever it is then we've got the moon

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so on the one hand it looks like quite a

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simple scene I think because of the

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color palette more than anything else

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but also there's quite a lot going on

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and how much you include and how much

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you take away from a shot will always be

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down to personal preference but working

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out what you think is distracting what

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you think adds I think is the Crux of

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good photography and I should say

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actually that whenever there are more

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than two elements in a scene so here

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we've got arguably four potential

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subjects whenever that's the case

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spacing and waiting are key and if

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you've got one half of the image which

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is super crowded where all other

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potential subjects sitting it's probably

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not going to look all that nice on the

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eye oh the other thing is just this

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image and photos like this I can show

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you some other examples too is that

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regardless of whether you choose to

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include or not include the entirety of a

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supporting subject you need to be

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deliberate about it so with this shot

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for example there is some space between

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the subjects and the edge of the frame

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and that I have found is crucial if

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you're going to include the entirety of

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a subject because the closer to the edge

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of a frame a supporting subject or a

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main subject gets the more likely it is

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to look cluttered distracting or just

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like a mistake now sometimes supporting

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subjects will present themselves to you

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in such a way that it's so obvious how

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to shoot them that you don't even really

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need to think about it this one's a good

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example of that these penguins that are

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shot in Antarctica I knew I wanted the

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Hut as well and I knew I wanted the

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mountains they're too fantastic

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supporting subjects and so it was just

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entirely obvious immediately how I had

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to shoot that this is another good

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example again in Cornwall all where the

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swell was coming in in such a direction

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that basically meant the waves were

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pointing up to the buildings from the

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corner of the frame and it just meant

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that the supporting elements are either

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waves presented themselves in such a way

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that was so obvious that you had to

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shoot it like that but then other times

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I'll find scenes which kind of look nice

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but I'll have to hunt a bit for a

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supporting element and this house is a

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pretty good example of that so it's a

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nice enough country house surrounded by

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Greenery but I don't think it's

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particularly strong or compelling image

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but luckily after a bit of hunting I

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found a track leading to the house and

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that track basically became a really

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effective supporting element and

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therefore it was an absolute no-brainer

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to try multiple ways of including that

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in the frame so yeah the rules they're

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great rule of thirds all that fantastic

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but I think what matters equally is

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having a grasp of main subject and

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supporting subjects and how they can be

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gelled together to create the most

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impactful shot so to summarize I will go

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out and try and find something that

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makes me think oh that's nice I'll then

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look around the subject to try and see

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if there's anything that adds to the

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subject or distracts from it and

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subsequently I'll then try and work out

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how I can add some of the stuff

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into my frame that supports the subject

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and how I can get rid of some of the

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stuff that doesn't and finally once I'm

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in a place where I've done that I'll

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then try and work out if I can use focal

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lengths or moving forward or backwards

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or getting low or high or whatever to

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try and work out how I can best

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emphasize the relationship between those

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elements and how I can utilize the

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supporting subjects to maximize the

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prominence of the main subject and when

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I say prominence I don't just mean the

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size of the frame I mean the impact that

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the subject has on you given its

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surroundings and sometimes supporting

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subjects are really simple it can just

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be negative space around a subject and

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other times it's more of a jigsaw where

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you've got four or five competing

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subjects and you're trying to work out

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how to piece them together in such a way

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that they add up to more than the sum of

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their parts rather than less than the

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sum of their parts but in short that is

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how I go about trying to work out not

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just what to shoot but how to shoot it

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and hopefully it made some sense anyway

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thank you for listening to me uh rub it

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on for I've been talking

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can't see and also thank you to the

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sponsor of this week's video Squarespace

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in life to do is sit with a coffee and

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curate my favorite images and if I get

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back from a trip and I've got a couple

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and trying to work out how to add them

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to my portfolio and where they should

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sit in my portfolio given their tone

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given their storyline given their mood

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that is just a process that I absolutely

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love and of course there are many ways

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and to you for watching uh next week

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we'll be back outside I always say that

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but we will I'm not doing two indoor

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videos in a row and like I said I think

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at the end of last week's video it'll

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probably be in the rain

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plus okay I'll see you then

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