Working the frame
Make every inch count
For other examples:
Marc Asnin p. 13
Lewis Baltz p. 27
Joel Sternfeld p. 68
I love this picture by Lars Tunbjörk. I love the fact that no single part is beautiful. The beauty comes from everything working together. Nothing is out of place. Nothing seems incidental.
You can’t ‘snap’ pictures like this. They’re the result of knowing exactly what’s going on in every part of your frame.
When lining up your shot, it’s your subtle movements that will make everything slot into place – a little lower, a touch to the left, a couple of steps back. These minor adjustments ensure the foreground fencepost is absolutely vertical. They mean the passing taxi is framed rather than cut in two. They make the vivid tapestry ...
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