Composition

An ancient master of Frogger.
Croton-on-Hudson, NY - June 2008


The more I start to feel like I know my style of photography, the more I start to feel it change. One day I experiment with landscapes, the next with weird alternative processes. Either way, though, once in a while, I come back to photos, like this one, which just feel... right to me. They're simple, classic, elegant, almost completely centered in composition. I've felt for a really long time that it was all about composition. You could have the most interesting subject ever imagined in your photo, but if the composition is off, no one's going to look at the photo.

There's a lot of other factors that go into things, but ultimately, for me, the key is making sure the photo simply looks right. No tricks. No megapixels, no concern over focal length or shutter speed.

Thanks to the kid for refusing to look at the camera that day.

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Olympus XA, expired Kodak Tri-X @400, Diafine.

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In the Grocery Store

I saw you staring at my cans.
Brooklyn, New York - April 2007

Olympus XA, Ilford HP5+ at EI 800, developed in Diafine.

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Sentences


The finest freeze-dried beer.
Fullerton, California - December 2006

Yet another hot college girl.
Scott "I hate Kelly" Leveene.
Well well well so it's Mr. T.
Just a bit outside ball four.
Johnson gone Clemens up next.
Half the fat of regular pork.
Be strong be fit be Mel Hall.
Lou sleeps with one eye open.
My boss is a Jewish handyman.
Can to cans you's a hot dame.
Hey look at all these robots.
And Mr. Wonderous Paul Orndo.
There is no wrong way to die.
Monday: My heart stood still.
Anakin you'll be a Jedi soon.
Yoda's really pissing me off.
Anakin's out I'm Darth Vader.
First things first: No homos.
My life as a physics teacher.
Killing time with Capt. Kirk.
All this spam is in Mandarin.
Rudy Theo Denise Sondra Face.
Tiptoeing through the meadow.
America's funniest gangsters.
The case of the runaway poop.
My new life without kneecaps.
Shoot it at f-four and sixty.
The last Swede with no table.
Then I sat under an airplane.
Well hello Mr. Fancy Notepad.
The ballad of John and Ringo.
It's a new dawn for Francine.
Two Big Macs fries and Cokes.
With weather I'm Rick Stingo.
I invented the monsterometer.
The right way to cut a steak.

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