Digital Camera World

The art of seeing

Composition fascinates me. In my workshops, talks, articles and books, I often use the famous quote by Edward Weston that goes along the lines of: “To consult the rules of composition before taking a photograph is like consulting the rules of gravity before goingor ‘guides’ when composing his photographs; in other words, he simply relied on intuition and instinct.

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