White Space

White Space Contest - White space, sometimes referred to as negative space, is a concept that's been used in art, design, architecture, and sculpture for hundreds of years. It's equally useful in photography, and can be used to turn an average photo into an outstanding one. White space defines and emphasizes the main subject of a photo, drawing your eye to it. It provides breathing room, giving your eyes somewhere to rest and preventing your image from appearing too cluttered with stuff. All of this adds up to a more interesting composition. Put simply, white space is the area which surrounds the main subject in your photo, the main subject is known as the positive space.

For the purpose of this contest your subject or positive space must be no more than 25% of the whole image. The White Space must be White, no other color is allowed in the remaining 75% of the image. That includes creams and grays.

Editing is allowed, but not so much mixed media as to detract from the integrity of the subject.

Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Saturday, October 31, 2015.