David, I agree with those who say don't worry. I say look at raw, messy images to get the eye going. I don't think looking for nice compositional studies is much of a challenge. Formal issues are just a last tidy-up process once you have seen the picture. With digicams and zoom lenses one can shoot a half-dozen formal tweaks. I have found this very helpful to my "eye". The seeing in the first instance is the hard part. For various obvious reasons gallery and published images most often are the results of heavy editing emphasizing formalist values by people other than the artist. This bias sticks in every one's brain and gets in the way of really seeing. AZ LOOKAROUND - Since 1978 Build a 120/35mm Lookaround! The Lookaround E-Book 5ed. http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [SPAM] Working on your "eye" > From: David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b@xxxxxxxx> > Date: Fri, September 11, 2009 2:17 pm > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > So how does one work on one's "eye", by which I think I mean one's > instinctive grasp of composition? Or for that matter, how does one > improve one's sense of composition at any level? I'm reasonably sure > that's the weakest point in my photography, and at least one commenter > this week seems to agree. > -- > David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@xxxxxxxx; http://dd-b.net/ > Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ > Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ > Dragaera: http://dragaera.info
