35. COMPOSE FOR DESIGN
I’LL END THIS chapter with a helpful tip from my experience as a magazine and commercial photographer: compose for design. This is a hard concept to get across sometimes, especially if you’re new to photography or haven’t had experience working with designers, publications, and agencies. However, I believe working in this particular photography environment has made me a stronger portrait photographer.
Composing for design simply means designing the portrait to move the viewer’s eye to your subject, but there’s another element: designing with the potential for the portrait to be used with other elements later. For example, ...
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