#9 is interesting. It goes beyond horizontal and vertical. I rarely work in 3:2 format. I prefer 4:3. It’s less sensitive to the horizontal/vertical thought process. It’s an odd thing, considering how many years of 35mm experience I have. I didn’t much care for 3:2 then either, but that’s because I was also working with 6X7, 4X5 and 8X10 format. 35mm seemed “long”.

Just strange observations, but they loosely fit the topic.

Learn to compose in your head, before lifting the camera. Put another way, don’t visualize with the camera. Raise the camera when you’re ready to commit. Granted, that won’t work in every situation, but it’s an excellent way to hone your observation and visualization skills. Learn to see as your camera will see.

lol

If you read below the headline, it says to ask what the purpose of the shot is. If you aren’t thinking about the point of what you are shooting, you are a “spray and pray” photographer who is either creating a lot more work for yourself when it comes to culling and editing or you are doing your client a great disservice.