What Caught Your Eye?

One of the questions I get asked occasionally is how do I know how to compose my flower photos? I’ve realized that the first thing I think about when planning a photograph is why am I stopping here to take a photo? Why here and not over there? Why this flower and  not that flower? In other words – what caught my eye?

Over the years, I’ve realized that there are several things that catch my eye and make me want to stop and take a photo.

Sometimes it’s a single perfect flower

Other times it’s a combination of flowers

 

Or it could be several of the same flower

 

Sometimes it’s a single color – like the shades of blue in these blue hydrangeas

 

Or it could be  a combination of colors – like the purple and yellows in the wildflowers

 

Sometime it’s the details – like the center of a sunflower

Or it can be the whole scene in front of me

Sometime it’s a line

And sometimes it’s just something unexpected

So when you’re out photographing – be sure to take a moment to think about what caught your eye. It will help you create the photos you want to create.

Identifying what caught your eye and deciding how to capture that in your photo is one of the things we talk about in my workshops. I’m still finalizing plans for my 2018 workshops. I’ll be announcing them here in my newsletter and  adding them to my website as I get things scheduled.

You can see the workshops I currently have scheduled for the remainder of this year at https://beautifulflowerpictures.com/2017-workshops/  and next year at https://beautifulflowerpictures.com/2018-workshops/.