Composition

Have you ever stood somewhere with the light looking incredible, made the photograph you thought was successful, then looked at the file later and found it lacking, nothing like what made you stop and press the shutter? What I’ve learned after many years of this is that the problem comes down to perception and composition.…

There’s a moment we’ve all experienced—standing in front of an image that isn’t quite working, that feeling of almost but not quite. The subject is there, the light was good, yet something feels cluttered or unfocused. And our natural instinct is to add. More light on the subject, more saturation, more contrast, more processing to…

Every time I provide feedback on images in a workshop, someone eventually asks about cropping. How much is too much? Where’s the line? How do I know when I’ve gone too far? And I always give the same answer, which is usually not the one they were hoping for: there is no line, and you’re…