Depth & Context

In my past “On Landscape” columns, I’ve discussed improving your photography by creating themes of your favorite subjects (see “Curating Inspiration” in the December 2021 issue or at outdoorphotographer.com). I suggest building theme ideas by researching your photo archives, creating collections of images and then making new photographs complementing these. I also advocate editing for specific projects or types of clients, what I call “context editing.”

I want to help you get started on this process with an assignment. Choose a subject or theme for your collection and then either make new images or add photographs from your archive that fit that subject or theme.