Photography and Storytelling

September 8, 2010 - No Comments (be the first!) by Mishelle - Mishelle Lane Photography

More than likely you are reading this because you consider yourself a storyteller.

Maybe you choose to tell your story through words, like so many bloggers do.

Maybe you are a verbal storyteller, captivating your friends and family with recantations of a funny event.

Or maybe you tell stories through artwork, like me, through photography.

Me? A Storyteller

I never considered myself a storyteller until I had a conversation with a friend.

She marveled at what a wonderful storyteller I was, and I couldn’t help but blush. What a compliment; a great storyteller (of words) was telling ME that I was a great storyteller (of photography). I was flabbergasted.

That conversation changed the way I look at my photography. It very well may have even aided in the further evolution of my photography. I started to really examine it, and I found that YES! I was a storyteller. I am a storyteller.

Key Points in Storytelling Composition

• Don’t be careless with your composition. Pay attention to the [1]rule of thirds, symmetry, lines, and angles.
• Use a shallow [2]depth of field to draw focus, increase emotion in the viewer, and add appeal.
• Paying attention to key visual elements will help [3]establish mood and really tell the story.
• Look to capture details that develop a sense of time and place, effectively [4]setting the scene.