Composition Challenge

[Claire Rose]

Something I find in my own photography is that I almost exclusively shoot horizontally/landscape, and never vertically/portrait, I always find it suits my style and is easier for me to get a good shot. So this week I'm shooting only portrait style, I thought it would be a good challenge for other people too, to only shoot one way or the other.

Anyone up for the challenge?

[Allison]

I'm doing the whole year using neither! Or, I'm cropping every single photo to a square composition, LOL :)

[Claire Rose]

@snippets Wow, that is commitment, I'm going to have to keep an eye on you!

[Allison]

Yes, I hope I don't end up regretting it because it's more limiting that way.... I guess we'll see!

[Brandie]

I'm doing some similar through out this month. I sort of got caught up on posing/setting up shots. So getting back more to my candid roots.

[Tony]

I make it a rule to ALWAYS shoot in landscape. You can crop landscape to portrait but almost impossible the other way around. Have fun and I'll keep an eye on the result.
@snippets
Allison, I've been cropping to square to more easily fit with thumbnails. Not exclusively so.

[jinx (@jinximages)]

A few years ago I started shooting the majority of my portraits in landscape orientation as an exercise. In the end, it kind-of stuck, and now I find I shoot around three-quarters of my client portraits that way. It certainly suits my style of shooting. Definitely a challenge I recommend, if for nothing else than to make one look at things a bit differently.

[jenn]

I have the opposite problem of always wanting to shoot in portrait! Maybe I will try only landscape for the week.

[Jennifer Potter]

For me, it really depends on what lens I'm using and how much room I have. I tend to shoot landscapes and scenes in Landscape mode (LOL) and people, I tend to do portrait mode when inside. Funny, huh?! But I think I tend to favor landscape the most.