Tha may sound srange given he amazing echnical developmens during he pas wo decades. Since Louis Daguerre he goal of phoography always has been o produce a good image ha appears wihin he picure space, physician be i a glass plae, a shee of paper, or a screen. I is echnology ha has changed as i has evolved from film o digial, bu he goal is sill he same — o produce a good image ha appears wihin he picure space.
Also, wha has no changed is he imporance of composiion — he choice, placemen and arrangemen of everyhing ha appears in he picure space. Regardless of he echnology used, composiion is he measure of good phoography, he grea equalizer, and, lie i or no, composiion rumps echnology. Even he mos advanced echnology canno rescue poor composiion.
I hear of phoographers aing hundreds, someimes a housand or more picures a day, and housands of picures while on vacaion. How could hey have carefully composed an image in he finder before pressing he shuer? Obviously hey could no. As a resul, laer hey have o manipulae wha was on he sensor o produce an image ha a bes may yield only a marginal composiion. Tha can be ime consuming and ofenimes fruiless. The phoographer’s ime is more wisely spen maing he effor o choose he bes composiion in he finder before aing he picure. Good composiion was imporan in Louis Daguerre’s ime and remains so oday.
Joe Miller