How do you study photography? I passed by this shack/barn a few kms from my place. Flat lighting and not much going on. I don’t remember seeing this shack before even though I’ve driven down this road many times. I didn’t have a long lens on the Fuji but I did have another camera handy (A7RIII with a 35-70mm lens). A natural instinct may be to isolate the shack from the surroundings. Yes, I could have done that in post also. Though lighting conditions are not ideal, I at least wanted to capture the scene and return later, probably in the morning when the light reveals more detail.

I’m happy with this composition. In particular the ‘tree of interest’ in the foreground and even the brambles near the fence. The natural landscape here is grass and trees. It’s as if the shack has hidden itself among the trees. I’m not much of a fan of postcard pictures, so I don’t look for those scenes or compositions. After all, there’s not much of a story in a sunset. I’m rather looking for a scene in which there may be a story or perhaps something of hidden significance. That’s not to say it can’t be a beautiful image either. If you’ve ever photographed the same subject under different lighting conditions, they may evoke different feelings. If you have the patience to study an image for some time and create a dialogue in your own mind about it you can go about your creative process in a more purposeful manner.