Posted by Andrew on November 16th 2011
There’s no such thing as “correct” composition, just bad composition, good composition, and inspired composition.
At the beginning of the year I decided to analyse some of my favourite images to see if I could understand more about their composition. I’ve always been an instinctive photographer – I’ve never thought much about why I compose photos a certain way. I tend to know when the composition looks good in the viewfinder, and that approach has always worked for me. But what if I could identify some of the principles of composition in my strongest images? Could I then apply them consciously and improve my photography? I think so, and along the way I realised that I was discovering things that would be useful to other photographers too. The result is Beyond Thirds: A Photographer’s Guide to Creative Composition, released today by Craft & Vision.
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Posted by Andrew on October 20th 2011
Craft & Vision have just released Making Light II, the latest ebook written by Piet Van den Eynde and the follow-up to Making Light.
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Posted by Andrew on September 21st 2011
The Inspired Eye 3, by David duChemin, is the latest release at Craft & Vision. Like the previous two ebooks in the Inspired Eye series, it explores the topic of creativity for photographers.
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Posted by Andrew on August 19th 2011
In 2009 Piet Van den Eynde set off on a year long 6500 kilometer bicycle trip through Asia with his girlfriend. Piet is known to Craft & Vision readers as the author of Making Light and The Power of Black & White. If you’ve read the ebooks, you’ll recognise some of the photos in this article as Piet used them in his ebooks. For me, Piet’s journey shows the value of doing something for yourself, of taking time out from the day to day business of earning a living and doing something that you really want to do in another part of the world. He’s built up a body of work that can be used in future projects and on top of that had an interesting, potentially life-changing experience.
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Posted by Andrew on August 17th 2011
Portable flash has become something of a trendy photography technique over the last few years. Advances in digital camera and wireless flash technology mean that portable flash has become increasingly sophisticated and versatile. Along with that naturally comes the desire of many photographers to learn how to master it.
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