The Story Behind

Photography is nothing without the elements of connection and emotion. If you look at a photograph, it can be the most beautiful or with certainty, technically perfect, but if it doesn't make you feel something, it will likely quickly be

Diptychs are all about the connections. Study one long enough and you will find the connection the artist intended you to find. While connection is the theme, compositional balance is essential to a well paired diptych. So in many ways,

Self portraits can be real tough exercise for a photographer. In fact, most of us are behind the lens because we feel most at home there. Once you get one of us on the other side of the lens, the

Oh my — do we love a photographer that knows how to fill up a frame! Because of her thoughtful intentions while shooting, Marissa Roseillier's beautiful shot featured here today packs a punch in just one little frame. At first

We've got a thing for shadows, a BIG THING. Part of it is that when they accompany a photo well, our eye darts around to take the information all in- the subject, the shadow and the framing. When done right,

One of the questions we like to ask the photographers featured in The Story Behind is "Was this photo happenstance or did you visualize it prior?" Like a good majority of photos, most answer that they are a combination of

As you browse through Jess Buttermore's feed or a collection of work on her site, it is easy to see the things that are important to her in the creation of her work: light and connection. And while we could