Week 37 was about experimenting with balance and tension in an image. Conventional wisdom says you avoid putting your subject in the center of the frame because that creates a very static image. (Granted, this is an artistic pursuit where rules can and often are broken successfully.) Whereas placing an object on a thirds line...
For week 36 I studied Visual Mass. Visual Mass is the idea that certain elements, visually, have more weight than others and therefore, draw your eye. The Moon against a dark night sky will have greater visual mass than a moon that appears early while the sky is still blue. In a field of flowers...
Week 35 is about capturing people. Sounds simple enough, right? Not always. In his book “The Visual Toolbox” David DuChemin argues that photographing people is less about the technical and more about the relational; the ability to connect with a person and to make that person comfortable enough to open up in front of the camera....
Week 34 of my 52 week project was about waiting on your foreground. The idea is you find your scene, your background, and set up your shot first and wait for your foreground to create itself. Normally, my son keeps me moving so I don’t get to stop in a single spot to wait for...
Week 33; Patience. In “The Visual Toolbox” DuChemin talks about the importance of patience. Patience to wait for the light to change, for something interesting to happen, for just the right moment. This assignment was a little aggravating. As anyone who spends 90% of their waking hours being accountable for the actions of a 2...
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