Framing images is something that I am naturally drawn to in creating images.  When I was painting many of the works I created included visual framing through windows or archways so that naturally flowed over into my photography and I find many of my travel and architectural photographs include this.
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Usually I would consider cropping as a part of post production in my work flow, but there is much to be said for taking the time to “crop” your images while you are taking them.  Simply put you pay more attention to what is happening in the image and try to remove distracting elements, move in closer or change your perspective to create a tighter cropped image with more focus on the main subject.
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On doing research on balance and symmetry I have found that people tend to lump them together as one and the same and although there are similarities in some ways I find the two quite different in how I would approach them.
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