This is an image I made some time ago and it lived on my hard drive for a long time. I didn’t see an image in it. Then with some attitude change I began to see something in it but it needed work. I used to restrict myself to conventional aspect ratios for a long time but I’m learning how to let that go and just use what looks best for the photo. I also added the grain on purpose, and I”m loving it!
Autumn Mood
This morning was surprisingly foggy after the rain stopped. The fog seemed to hang around for quite a while since the sun couldn’t get through to burn it off. Had some fun and actually went out with my camera! Can you believe it? I need to get out more.
I got to editing and it kind of took me in two different directions, what do you think? All comments welcome.
For a long time when I started processing photographs I was reluctant to alter the aspect ratio of an image. My reasoning was to do with printing and framing rather than composition. I figured that there were all these standard sizes of frames available and you had to stay within those dimensions. Granted, custom framing and matt cutting is an added expense, but not every photograph fits the norm. We want our photograph to be displayed in it’s best form so I began to re-think my practices.
The image below has all of it’s information grouped together in a strip that was on the bottom of the frame while the sky was full of nothing but heavy fog. In this case, there was no reason to leave the sky there. In this case, changing the aspect ratio to a more panoramic crop made more sense. The rule of thumb for composition is if it isn’t helping the image, it is hurting it so the boring sky had to go.
Peaceful Morning
Sometimes I find myself going through older photos from years ago. I guess that why we collect them in the first place, right? This one is from 2008, but still grabs my interest because of the strong foreground. Gotta love that fog.
