by Michael Frye | Sep 22, 2016 | | I really like curved lines. I was reminded of this last weekend when my friend Mike Osborne showed me some of his junkyard abstracts on his iPad. All the photographs were wonderful and imaginative, but the ones I liked best often had curves. And many of … Continue reading Curvy Photographs

by Michael Frye | Aug 2, 2015 | Composition | When doing critiques I often encounter otherwise-wonderful images, with simple, strong compositions, great light, and nice color, but lacking an essential ingredient: a focal point. Viewers need something to latch onto, and if they don’t find it right away they feel lost. You have to … Continue reading When Does a Photograph Need a Focal Point