THE QUEST FOR FORM - Thinking about composition in new ways: By Darren Lewey

Many
articles or books on composition refer to different locations and
subjects when explaining what makes a successful image. However, there
are multiple compositional outcomes available to us and it can sometimes
be easier to understand the nuances of framing in relation to one
location.
In
this feature I’ll be referring to some of my photographs from Valle
Verzasca in Switzerland which were taken across five days in 2018.  As
photographers, both the choice of location and our influences at the
time of fieldwork, both external and internal, determine our approach to
composition. We can photograph the same place in many different ways.
For this trip I had no preconceived ideas about the kinds of photos I wanted and this is important. The only ‘baggage’ I arrived with, was to create a series that was consistent in framing and aspect ratio, built around a week’s immersive solo photography.
Moreover, I view a trip like this, not as a chance to find great stand out shots,...