Cleanse

Costa Rica Waterfall

This was a brutal hike with 50 lbs. of camera gear on my back in the pouring rain. It was a constant uphill and downhill battle with slippery paths and rocks. It was the rainy season in the jungle at Tenorio Volcano National Park, in northwestern Guanacaste Province. The sound of exotic birds and flowing water was so amplified it sounded like a stereo. I purposely wanted the hanging vines to frame this majestic waterfall.  For more on this image click here

landscape photography formula

Monterey beach, California

Image taken around Monterey and won’t make the cut.

I have been photographing for 7 years now and by default there’s a pattern with all of my gallery images. If an image is going to make the cut it must have at least 4 of the 8 criteria’s shown below.  Sometimes that’s not enough either.

Scott Papek’s Gallery Image Formula.

  1. Color
  2. Symmetry
  3. Shapes
  4. Movement
  5. Painting
  6. Vanish Point
  7. Abstract
  8. zen

What does your checklist look like?