Choosing Your Shot Vol 1. / by Zandy Warhol

Few people take a shot and nail it on their first try. The eye can be tricky, and something may or may not be captured in just one shot. I always take multiples; sometimes adding something into the frame or subracting. By moving the frame of your shot by just a foot or two can change the entire feeling of what you'll capture. 

This image was my first shot, it's also the one I had in mind to be "The one." 

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After taking it though, I took an extra second to adjust the framing and included the trash bags on the sidewalk for some real life contrast.  

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After going back and forth between both versions, I chose to work on them while still leaning towards using the first shot. As I finished the second shot though, I realized that I liked the trash bags, and that the sliver of blue denim added a pop of extra color. The differences between these two are slight and choosing between one or the other is a matter of eye. Under different light, and on another day, I may have stuck with my first choice and gone with the non-trash bag version. It's all a matter of how you choose your shot.