Photography podcast #102 discusses layering your photographs with interesting elements. This involves serious attention to the overall composition of every frame that you take.
If you are taking a shot of a mountain for example, there’s always more to the shot than just the mountain. When you are aware of what’s around the mountain and take the time to “layer” the image with interesting elements, the composition as a whole gets much stronger. We also touch on how to refine those “layered elements” in post processing.

Athabaska River Reflecting Pools at Sunrise by Marko Kulik — Banff National Park — Alberta, Canada. As you can see this shot is about more than just the mountain which is in the background. The foreground, midground and background “layered” elements all contribute to the overall composition in this scene.

Sometimes you feel like a nut — Image by Lisa Couldwell. Even scenes using larger apertures benefit from “layered elements”. Here, Lisa focuses on the nut medallion but the tire in the background is a repeating shape that adds interest to the image. The diagonal lines in the image help to guide your eye. The composition here is very deliberate.
Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:
– Improving boring landscapes
- Images that compliment SONG titles or Book titles is our regular forum assignment for November
– Intentional camera movement is our level 2 assignment for November
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