For this week's post, I wanted to dedicate a post to one of my favorite nature photographers,
Andy Austin. Andy is a photographer who is from Montana. He was raised with a sense of adventure
and a love of travel from a young age. His parents often took him and his sister traveling throughout
the country, exploring the great outdoors. He is still traveling around the world photographing the
beauty he comes across. Even though he travels quite a bit, he still manages to stay connected to
the community in Billings. It is not uncommon to run across him in local coffee shops, where you can
hear about his latest adventures.
Two things that I particularly enjoy about Andy’s photos are his use of both the rule of thirds and his
use of linear perspective. Both of these make his photos more intriguing to me, and of course, the
people that purchase his prints. For those who do not know the rule of thirds consists of dividing an
image into three sections. Often times people try to center their images in the frame, but with the rule
of thirds, it provides the option to move to the focal point of the image to either the right or the left.
This can make the overall image more intriguing to the eye.
Note: The image above is not one that Andy has taken, but is one that I found on google to better illustrate the visual representation of the rule of thirds.
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