Create IMPACT...

There is no formula for impact, but the closest definition we have ever come up with is this:

 Impact = Strong Composition plus Unusual Approach.

With digital photography, the sky is the limit now as we play with our images until we find the "magic formula."

Sometimes, your best tool in Photoshop is your crop tool. 

With our images, whether for competition or a client, we try different crops; thin, short, long, square…whatever. Before digital photography came along, when working with negatives, we used the Fotovix along with its editor to see different crops. 

It will help you become a greater artist when you expand your horizons of composition.

Learn all you can about composition by studying art and great artists like Degas and his ballerinas and you will learn so much about composition. He was a master of composition as he cropped into arms and legs to give the viewer a different perspective.

Composition is truly both an art and a science. Learn the science portion like the rule of thirds, horizontal vs. vertical lines and what they mean, leading lines, texture, symmetry, repitition and so on.

When you learn the basics to build a strong foundation, you can then make adjustments as you add your own artisitic elements into the image.

When science and art come together, you can create masterpieces.

You are telling viewers what to see, what to think and how to feel and using composition to help you do it.

Point to think about...Don't be afraid of leaving negative space as you place your subject(s) to one side. It adds interest as it is unexpected.

Point to think about...In a group, make sure the heads are not all lined up horizontally. Space people in more artistic ways...don't be so concerned with centering everyone up. And lean, lean, lean to add movement and energy!

Point to think about..When cropping into heads, do so with intention. 

Point to think about...Having a subject start to walk out of the image adds tension and interest, not to mention his lean which adds movement. And the other subject, so direct and facing forward, adds to the compositional tension.