120 — How to Create Interesting Stories Through Your Photography

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Pho­tog­ra­phy pod­cast #120 provides tips on how to create, craft and tell more interesting stories through photography. Some of the aspects we talk about include being active with framing, hunting down the gestures and watching the edges.

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Both these images were taken within the same minute. The bottom image however, tells a stronger story due to the dramatic gesture of the axe in the air, the smoke coming from the side of the roof and the fireman on the right of the roof that’s facing the camera. The top image isn’t bad, but it easily loses in a poker match when it goes head to head with the bottom image.

Winter’s Meeting — I waited in a window and actively composed this scene last winter. There is a strong suggestion of story here because the person in the background appears to be waiting for the foreground woman. I clicked the shutter only when I felt the timing was right compositionally.

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:
Long exposure images — Photography.ca forum’s regular assignment — July 2013
Macro photography — Photography.ca forum’s level 2 assignment — June 2013
Layering images with interesting elements — Photography podcast #102
Shoot in any light - Photography podcast #100

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