Theme Shoot - Your Town

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From Joseph Robertson's Flickr stream - titled Astoria. Robertson managed to capture the spirit of Astoria with his photos. The challenge in a location theme shoot is to tell a big story with small details. Robertson does this with his subject choice and uses traditional composition techniques to make his photos visually interesting too.

Balance, texture, light and shadow all come into play in his photos. Astoria is a rainy, cloudy place so some of the photos reflect that aspect of the city. Others break out with surprising color.

Robertson does a good job of capturing the city in both large and small views. His images are full of pattern, texture and a sense of time.

Try to capture your town with a photographer's eye and discover something new.