Pattern Mixing — Donna Hopkins

I have a new mantra for my photography practice: The best best photos are built with confidence not caution.

I’m making notes on the interplay between photos, where layers reveal themselves slowly, creating complexity that belies a simple snapshot. I am studying proportion, scale and contrast. Looking for ways to spread the visual weight across the photo or across multiple photos for a collage or a book to result in balance (but not in that perfect, matchy-matchy kind of way). I use the print module of Lightroom to bring images together, scrapbook-style, looking at scale and placement, seeing if they play nicely. A few meaningful photos always speak louder than a collection of images with no connection.