I decided that I needed to revisit some of the best photography books I had read. And where else to start but with my first love, Michael Freeman?
In his book, The Photographer’s Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos
I wrote last year a post about what makes a beautiful picture. The idea, the revelation actually, dawned on me after realizing what my coach, Linda Rutenberg, was asking us: to take pictures of lines, shapes, patterns and contrasts.
Michael Freeman, in his book, covers some of the same ideas, or attributes of what makes a beautiful picture from a design perspective. He goes deep and wide on pretty much every design principles there is.
In an homage to this must read book, I am publishing a series of six posts on the great lessons I learned while I read it once again.
Part I: The Frame
Part II: Design
Part III: Graphical Elements (Coming soon)
Part IV: Color And Light (Coming soon)
Part V: Intention (Coming soon)
Part VI: Process (Coming soon)
Freeman is excellent. A must read. I read this book but haven’t gotten around to the Photographer’s Mind yet. It’s been sitting on my bookshelf.
Me too. But reading the books again and writing about it makes it sink deeper into my “knowledge base”