Notes on light, travel and the craft of composition
Short, practical pieces on why composites look real or fake, what the numbers say about how we travel, and how to take a better source photo.
Three articles so far. Each one starts from something checkable, whether a study, an official statistic or a habit that improves a photo, and ends with how I use it in my own work.
Why viewers rarely spot bad lighting, and why a composite still needs it right
Vision research shows we are surprisingly poor at noticing mismatched light. Here is what gives a composite away instead.
Read the article Data, 7 min readWhat Statistics Canada's travel figures say about the trips we talk about but never take
A look at official numbers on Canadian travel and what they suggest about the gap between planning and going.
Read the article Guide, 4 min readThe ten-minute checklist for a source photo
Window light, phone height and a plain wall: how to take the one photo that gives a composite everything it needs.
Read the articleTell me where you want to be.
The first conversation is free. We talk about the place, the mood and what the image is for, and only then agree on scope and price.