More Satisfying Photos

The rule of thirds is perhaps the most basic and most often quoted of compositional rules, as applied to photography. It’s very easy to understand, remember and use. Imagine there’s a tic-tac-toe board superimposed over your viewfinder or LCD screen (some cameras actually have this as a feature). When a scene is divided into thirds in [...]

It’s almost a stereotype to see someone with a camera stepping back and trying to zoom as wide as possible to get it all in. Especially while on vacation with the family lined up in front of some famous landmark. My advice is to not always try to cram every bit of information into your [...]

In my books and live workshops on more satisfying composition, I teach more than two dozen different rules and principles of good composition. The very first rule I usually bring up is The Golden Ratio. Sadly, I strongly suspect that my discussion of it has never made a proper impression on even one person. Why [...]

One of the things that DCH recently asked me to get for them is an assortment of shots showing what’s in bloom in their gardens right now. What a fun project! No constraints, just wander around the gardens and document what I see. I tried to approach the task with a creative eye. I let [...]

We’re in the rainy season in the mid-Atlantic states of the US. A lot of people keep their cameras in for fear of the rain. I don’t knock that but I also tell people that your camera is probably not as susceptible to being damaged by rain as you might think. At the very least, [...]