Clothesline vine

My dad was a professional photographer. His

excellent eye gave me the education to develop

one too. I only hope it is half as good as his.

At dinnertime, when I was growing up, my dad

would often bring photos he had taken for one

of his fascinating jobs. He would explain why he

composed the shot the way he did. It was a

painless education in composition. And of course

I saw his countless photographs and slides over the

years and barely realized just how much I was

learning in the most wonderful of ways ~ by

observing!

When I started teaching art, I realized that

while I understood composition, having absorbed

it all those many years, I had to actually knuckle

down and pull together a way to teach my students

what it is ~

the heart of any piece of artwork ~ good composition.

Thanks Dad!