Photography Composition

The Narrative Weight of Reflections

The Narrative Weight of Reflections

I've always been curious about reflections and how they're used to create narrative. There's a long history of how mirrors have been used in art which impacts how we think about them now. The Mirror Test shows very few animals recognise their own reflection which makes the fact that we do feel mysterious. I recently spent some time with a 3-year old who wanted to show me the red lipstick she'd put on. She insisted on showing me in the mirror, not trusting that I'd seen it until she saw me see it…Read more

9 Ways to Make Your Marketing Images Pop

Composition is the key to successful marketing images. No marketing campaign can be successful without great photographs. We all know that some photographs make us lust after whatever they're selling, while others leave no impression. When I first started taking photographs for the business I worked in, I was always disappointed with my images - they were never how I had visualised them and nothing like the images I admired. I finally went and studied photography and discovered composition. We're going to look at nine compositional elements that you can easily incorporate into…Read more