The Digital Photography Book

There’s a Picture in There Somewhere

This was taken inside Jackalope, one of the awesome gift shops in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Lots to shoot indoors and out, and the place is very camera-friendly. We’ve all been in situations where you see all this cool stuff in one place, but it’s so busy or crowded that it’s hard to think there’s even a shot there. In situations like this, it helps to remember that we don’t have to show everything we see in front of us—we can pick and choose what winds up in the frame. By zooming in tight, we only reveal what’s in our frame—which, in this case, was just this one vase—as if it were all alone. If I had moved even ...