S-curve composition places objects and lines in a specific arrangement to create movement through the photo. See this photo larger and a discussion about how eliminating some foreground objects may help S-curve composition at iPhoneography.us.
Grocery Store Lessons In Composition
January 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Everyone knows the Rule of Thirds. Everyone. Including Kroger. And that can be a lesson for you. Among the first photos I took with my iPhone was this frame of vegetables at Kroger. It’s actually frame number 29. I should have used it last Saturday during the Ohio Photo Classes session on composition. We talked [...]
High-res, Low-res
January 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Waiting for the granddaughter yesterday I stepped from the car with my Canon G11 and iPhone in hand. Nearby was a home with a white picket fence and a row of crabapple trees still bearing their fall fruit. Blanketing everything was the overnight snowfall that cause school delays, traffic slowdowns and photographer nirvana. I’m not [...]
iPhone app solves dynamic range problem
January 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Photographers coming to tonight’s Meetup in Westerville are supposed to bring along something photo-related that they received at Christmas. We’ll get to see each others gifts and hear about how the new equipment will help them make better photos. I’m getting a head start. One of the things I received was an iTunes gift card. [...]
What is your simplicity quotient?
April 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
How do you measure the quality of your work? Do you sit quietly in a corner hunched over a laptop analyzing your Photoshop skills? Do you make display prints and share them with friends, family and other photographers? Is there a Web gallery with your photos for everyone to see? Are these your best images? [...]
Through my wife’s eyes
April 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I am sure there are moments when bystanders much wonder what is going through my mind. Sometimes my wife wonders the same thing. Of course, she has good reason. Many years ago my wife thought it would be exciting to accompany me on a news assignment I had to shoot a street fair. It would [...]
Storytelling light from a northern door
April 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Betty sat quietly in her living room on a chair pulled close to the door where I’d positioned her in the light. An artist, Betty understood my requirements of her for a good portrait. She slowly moved through varied arrangements of her face and hands, turning slightly into and out of the light listening to [...]
Start with one strong image
March 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
“If I told you once, I’ve told you a thousand times not to exaggerate!”
That phrase has circulated through my family for at least four generations. Maybe more if I’d had contact with relatives gone before my time. Perhaps on my next trip to Florida I’ll stop in Cassadaga and make contact with one who might have used the term.
It’s all a matter of perspective
March 15, 2010 By 1 Comment
Lens choice modifies the mood and impact of your photos. My first thought shooting this group of almost Spring fitness seekers was with a telephoto view to compress their figures against the chaotic water falling over Hoover Reservoir as the background. I chose a point on the entrance road leading to the parking lot at [...]
Compositional Confusion
February 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I’m usually an advocate of a clean, crisp arrangement of objects in photos. This wasn’t one of those times. The rolling ridges of this farm field, a lowered roadway where I stood and an overcast afternoon sky all contributed to a difficult setting for good photos. I’ve used the house in the background in a [...]
