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RULE OF THIRDS! The picture will take care of the other 997… Rikk Flohr © 2013
View ArticleRule of Thirds: Aerial Dancers & Other “L"-shapes”
The Rule of Thirds compositional guide is tailor-made for the “L” shape. I find that whenever I have a subject, the aerial dancer in this case, that is predominately shaped like a right angle that...
View ArticleRule of Thirds – Aligning Elements
Placing a key element in-frame is not always cut and dried. You may be determined to use the Rule of Thirds to place a strong graphical element. You may also be faced with the proposition of deciding...
View ArticleSharecropping: Ben Willmore @ 7-11
We haven’t had a Sharecropping article lately. Sharecropping is our guest image feature segment and we were lucky enough to land the intrepid Ben Willmore for this edition. I had the pleasure of...
View ArticleIn-Camera: Rainbow Remnant on Lake Superior
Classic Rule of 3/7 Placement Greetings, Holy Crop! readers. The road has been long, the flights frequent and the time short this past month. My apologies for the scarcity of articles. With the...
View ArticleCrop Guide Harmonies
When selecting a compositional guide for classical photographic framing many people agonize over the many choices presented in their editing software. It is no secret that I rely upon and espouse the...
View ArticleCrop Guide Harmonies (continued)
Last article explored the relationship between the various Compositional Guides provided in the Crop tool in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom™. As the emails rolled in it became apparent that most have never...
View ArticleCrop Guide Harmonies (part III)
In the previous articles I discussed the location of the various Power Points of the Lightroom™ Compositional Guides found in the Crop tool. The first dealt with a standard aspect ratio image, the...
View ArticleCrop Shop: Waiting for the Morning Glow
The Holy Crop team just returned from our annual winter workshop to the Badlands of South Dakota. While there are many crops yet to come from the careful framing of our photographs in the Badlands, I...
View ArticleCrop Shop: Cropping for the Corners
Cornered: Breaking the rules… We’ve been taught to watch the corners. In fact, any composition class worth its time and money will tell you to watch the corners. Distractions, stray light and other...
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