James Paterson shows how to add a focal point using masks, blends and simple selection tricks
One of the most useful, and simple, 'rules' of photography is that every shot should have a subject. This is true whether you're shooting a portrait or a landscape. Even abstract photos work best when they have a point of focus — something to draw the eye to a certain part of the image.
Sure, all rules were meant to be broken, but having a subject to draw the eye can often lead to a stronger, more cohesive shot.
But what if there's no subject in sight? We've surely all come across beautiful scenes or gorgeous moments of light that don't have a point of interest, but we go ahead and shoot anyway. Like our starting photo here, the resulting image will probably be decent enough, but slightly bland.
This story is from the December 2018 edition of N-Photo: the Nikon magazine.
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