Art at the Bain Water Works gallery

Mid afternoon I came out to get the tripod out of the car and as I did I saw this scene and shot this. Later when they were closing down, I came out to leave and there was a shooter set up with a tripod in about the same spot. He was waiting for the people to leave the front so he could get a clear shot of just the building and that art deco shape--very much my approach at the time. I left and I bet he got his clean shot. But my quick one earlier is one that stands unique because of what the random grouping of people and things gave my framing.

There's a lot wrong here for my eye. Ryan, my son's buddy, is the tall guy in the front and he should be more to the left and a bit closer to the lens. And why did that idiot have to park his van right there--oh that's my van. Both these elements I could have fixed ("Ryan I want you to stand over here after I move my car a bit"). But when I looked at the total, the wrongs added up to more of right choice than a poor choice.

So while the 2 of us shooters talked, this photo caption came to me and I shared it with him. So now I've added it to my bag of tricks to guide my framing. Maybe it will help yours: Take what it gives you.