Photography forces us to make choices. It teaches us to pick between what to include in the shot and what to leave behind.

Although you are not physically drawing/making what you are photographing, that choice can be crucial and is an expression of your creativity and unique vision. ⠀⠀

There is something confined, burnt and almost bloody in this image (the colour!) yet playful at the same time (the basketball net). Interesting tension between the two!

Learner’s tip 📸

Experiment with framing and cropping and try taking a concentrated saturated look at something in your environment as Miki is doing in this image.⠀⠀

If you isolate an object/space that has a strong visual identity setting it apart from the rest of the environment, this will give an illusion that it continues beyond the frame. It creates a mini kingdom with its own rules, a universe that feels more expansive than the image we are looking at. This is when a photo stops being a piece of paper or a square on your phone and becomes a portal into a world that only exists in your imagination.