Photography has many many different ways of working. We often teach our students to 'clean-up' their compositions. Simplify what you're showing by not putting too much into the picture that can be distracting. As a practicing photographer everyday I find myself remembering this, but often trying to break the 'rule' to see what works and what doesn't. I took these two pictures today--they are both virtually the same picture, one I sought to 'clean-up' the composition and the other I tried to include more information hoping to show a lot more of the exhibition. Both show other artwork besides just the main drawing which the frames glass allows the reflected world to be seen and recorded. I chose the top picture for the paper because I thought it might grab people's attention to look deeper into the image and it looked more like the workers were hanging a show. The one below really focuses on the drawing, but there isn't as much of the story being told. I'm not sure which I like more or which is even better. Meadville Tribune photograph by Richard Sayer. By the way these are from the setting up of the October Evenings juried exhibition at the Meadville Council on the Arts. Harmony Motter had a photograph(See Sept. 25th featured picture of the day) accepted into this exhibition which opens Friday night at 7 p.m. and continues throughout the month of....yep you guessed it ... October. Congrats Harmony!