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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 203320" data-attributes="member: 13090">The point of the exercise is that zoom lenses tend to make us lazy photographers. Zoom lenses change perspective, but they do not change composition. To do that, to change the composition within the frame, one must MOVE. Physically. When you move around your subject, your composition within the frame will change. This may seem like it's stating the obvious but take note of how other photographers, typically, do not move (or move very, very very little) when they have a zoom lens; they tend to stand in one spot and zoom in and out. And yes, I know I'm generalizing. Still, there's a great deal of truth in what I'm saying. In short, I am suggesting you move your body, both vertically and horizontally, around your subject without zooming because this will change the composition; and you can't shoot a good composition if you don't see it to begin with. ......</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 203320, member: 13090"] The point of the exercise is that zoom lenses tend to make us lazy photographers. Zoom lenses change [I]perspective[/I], but they do not change [I]composition[/I]. To do that, to change the composition within the frame, one must MOVE. Physically. When you move around your subject, your composition within the frame will change. This may seem like it's stating the obvious but take note of how other photographers, typically, do not move (or move very, very very little) when they have a zoom lens; they tend to stand in one spot and zoom in and out. And yes, I know I'm generalizing. Still, there's a great deal of truth in what I'm saying. In short, I am suggesting you move your body,[I] both vertically and horizontally[/I], around your subject without zooming because this [B]will[/B] change the composition; and you can't [b]shoot[/b] a good composition if you don't [b]see it[/b] to begin with. [COLOR="#FFFFFF"]......[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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