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Composition and Lighting, Emma

Lighting and Composition

Henry Callahan

In these photos Callahan uses lighting a composition very effectively in that he takes a seemingly simple visual and transforms in by the way he takes the photo.  Because of the way he took the shot, two or three rocks on a beach becomes a whole landscape rather than one tiny part of the beach.  The way you can see the shadows of the cone shape left behind from the water conveys a strong sense of movement in the picture.  Similarly the small changes in the sand in other parts of the picture make it much more dynamic rather than a flat visual that is all at the same depth. 

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