Within the Frame

Discusses how to tell meaningful, compelling stories through photographing people, places, and cultures; and teaches how to seek and serve personal creative vision through the art of photography.

CHAPTER ONE It's About Vision Understanding Vision Chasing Vision CHAPTER TWO Within the Frame Photograph What Moves You Make Me Care Putting It in the Frame Excluding It from the Frame Indecisive Moments It's All Subjective The Illusion of the Exotic Putting Time Within the Frame Length of Time Choice of Moment CHAPTER THREE The Artist and the Geek Gear Is Good, Vision Is Better Decent Exposures The Best Digital Negative Exposing for the Highlights Seeing the Light Choose Your Lens Based on Behavior Telephoto Lenses Pushing the Wide The Rule of Thirds There Is No Un-Suck Filter Inspiration and Perspiration CHAPTER FOUR Storytelling Universal Themes Conflict Within the Frame The Photo Essay Relationships Attention Management Leaving Clues and Provoking Questions CHAPTER FIVE Photographing People Approaching People The Language Barrier The Eyes Have It Capturing Emotion On Giving and Taking Indecent Exposures Photographing Children Photographing the Elderly Candids vs. Portraits Why Photograph Candid Street Scenes? Staying Focused Abstracting People Lighting Challenges on Location Four More CHAPTER SIX Photographing Places Research Scouting Not-So-Great Expectations Be Prepared Beyond the Postcard: The Value of Wandering Slow Down The Feel of Place: Sensual Exploration Be Present: Physical and Emotional Receptivity Be in the Right Place Photographing Iconic Places Iconic Images in Mundane Places Making the Image Wait for It Seek It Mine It Adding the Human Element Adding Scale Landscapes Creating Depth with Layers Photograph the Big Stuff Shoot the Details CHAPTER SEVEN Photographing Culture Cultural Sensitivity Research and Ask Questions Values and Taboos Different Isn't Wrong We Are All Different, We Are All the Same History and Heroes Photographing Food Festivals and Celebrations Photographing Art Photographing Language Photographing Faith Remember the Deeper Subject and Find a Way to Express It Be Respectful Final Thoughts