Videos And Articles
When the Light Changes, Rethink Your Composition
You’ve found a composition you like and settled in for sunset. Then the foreground falls into shadow, or a person steps into the scene. How do you decide whether to stay with your original frame or look for something different?
An evening on the Oregon Coast offers a useful example of how a photograph can evolve. Follow the decisions that turned a view of sunlit grasses into a quieter story about a photographer among rocks and misty headlands.
How I Decide What a Landscape Photo Needs Before Editing
You open a raw landscape photo and see plenty of things you could adjust. How do you decide what the photograph actually needs?
Using an unprocessed Sweet Creek image, I work through the decisions that come before the sliders: finding the subject, choosing a crop, and deciding how light and contrast can guide the viewer’s eye.