The Beauty of Decay

To go along with my upcoming show on the Season of Transition, I decided to take macro photos of what is now on my land. These are the ones I truly liked, and now I wish I had time to print and include them in the show:

Current and Upcoming Shows

Phew, there is a lot going on in my photography world as the year comes to the end!  Here are my current and upcoming shows.

Shelburne Vineyard Show
Shelburne, Vermont
Visions of Vermont
September 4-November 28

Drawing Board Show
22 Main Street
Montpelier, Vermont
November 1-November 29
Season of Transition

Bryan Gallery
Main Street
Jeffersonville, Vermont
Shades of Fall
November 8-December 29
Reception: Sunday November 10, 2:00-4:00 with artist talk at 1:00

Helen Day Art Center
Members Art Show
Stowe, Vermont
December 7--December 30
Reception: December 7, 5:00pm

Using the Rule of Thirds

One rule of thumb for taking good photos is the rule of thirds:

The basic principle behind the rule of thirds is to imagine breaking an image down into thirds (both horizontally and vertically) so that you have 9 parts. As follows.

- See more at: http://digital-photography-school.com/rule-of-thirds#sthash.ZqhNtutA.dpuf

The basic principle behind the rule of thirds is to imagine breaking an image down into thirds (both horizontally and vertically) so that you have 9 parts. As follows.

- See more at: http://digital-photography-school.com/rule-of-thirds#sthash.ZqhNtutA.dpuf

First of all, imagine that your picture space is divided into thirds both horizontally and vertically, like a tic tac toe grid.

The photography rule of thirds tells us to align our subject with one of the points where those lines cross. That means our subject is one third of the way “into” the picture space – from either the top or bottom, and from either the left or right. And that means it’s not in the middle. Of course rules are made to be broken--so remember your photos are YOURS to make.

Here are some of my photos using the rule of thirds.