Building a photograph

On the second morning at Bodie I spent some time working on a little lesson on how to work a subject, with some help form Richard Small, a master at composor himself, I came up with some examples. Below are the steps of taking a subject and then working through the possible approaches. First I found an interesting wagon, and then Richard and I went though several ways to use the wagon with other subjects as support. Notice how the position of the camera changes
and how the wagon looks in proportion to the background.

It’s a joy to study a subject and then try and find the most effective way to capture it and present it to the viewer. Below are some of my other favorites from the day. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed taking the images.

Thank You Father for allowing me to do this for a living……. Amen the pilgrim

*Photo Notes: D3s camera, 16-35, 24-120, 70-300 lenses, Capture NX2, Nik Color Efex Pro 3.0,
Photomatix Pro, Nik HDR Efex Pro, Photoshop CS5 Last image with Coolpix P300.