How to Shoot People (and Places and Things)
The first two [photos] I showed in class this evening … were technically passable but artistically bland. More than anything, they’re examples of my modest competency in selective focus and the one-third/two-thirds rule for composing pictures, but little else. The more I learn about photography, the less interested I am in close-ups that fetishize surface textures, and the less impressed I am by well composed but basically inert subjects that don’t communicate a narrative of any particular stripe.
The “modest competency” comment really describes how I feel about my photos. Sure, some are well-composed and nice to look at, but they don’t really say anything. I just need to practice and explore more..
