Composition

Bride, Gion from the Kyoto in Spring Series

There have been countless rules which tell how one is to compose a picture. Different devices outlined so that one can better emphasize his subject and eradicate dunnage. These are fine to know and to know thoroughly, but the truly skilled composer takes the picture a step beyond. He is not a slave to the compositional rules but has learned them and, to a degree has also learned to break them. Instead of rules he thinks with what is there in front of him; the ever changing environment. And still he is not a slave to that. He changes his viewpoint; he adjusts his environment to his own liking. He decides, he moves, he sees. He plays with the entire canvas of life, aware of its four dimensions, using them to portray a composition of his choice. Light and shade, color and form, the tools the composer is most aware of are the milieu in which he works.