Crush the Composition

Chapter 02WORK THE SCENE

Over the years, I’ve talked to a number of photographers who assume a top pro walks up to any given scene (landscape, cityscape, street photography, portrait, etc.), puts the camera up to their eye, takes one or two shots, looks at the back of the camera, and says out loud, “Nailed it.” Then they walk over to another scene and do the same thing again and again, just nailing shot after shot after only pressing the shutter button once or twice. In reality, that’s pretty much exactly the opposite of the way it happens. Instead of just snapping one or two quick shots, they literally “work the scene.” The first thing ...