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One last shot of Paris(photographers never tell the truth). I approached the Eiffel Tower from across the Sienne at sunset. It is everything you have ever read or been told of. It dominates the skyline for miles around. Up close, it soars above the river Sienne. A breath-taking site that has to be seen.

For the past 20 years tilting the horizon has become a “cool” trick to insert to make images look edgy or hip. I think it can be a great tool that can be utilized when a photographer needs to add more information to the frame and/or to place part of the subject into a better portion of the frame to improve the composition. Here the top of the tower would have fallen outside any of the normal areas of convergence. So, I tilted the camera horizon to place it(the top) into the upper area of convergence(the intersection of the right vertical third and the upper horizontal third)to make this interesting and hopefully memorable night shot of the Eiffel Tower. Again, Bonjour!

Another image from the city of lights, but in the daytime. Taken from the top of the Arc de Triomphe looking out towards the Sienne and the Eiffel Tower(enough name dropping?). I couldn’t resist the fluffy clouds that hung so majestically above the city.

So, here’s another travel photo built around composition. First, I wanted to highlight the sky and the clouds. I used the the 1/3rd - 2/3rd’s rule and placed the horizon in the lower horizontal third of the frame. The Eiffel Tower is placed in the convergence area of the lower third and the left vertical third. Je t’aime, Paris.