5 Factors That Allow For More Interesting Photos

Bryn Bonino
6 min readAug 14, 2021
Photo copyright by Bryn Bonino

If you’ve ever spent much time in Miami, you’ll know that there’s an area called Wynwood. It’s a former industrial part of the city that had become neglected. But some years ago investors who were connected to the art scene decided to cover all the buildings with world-class murals.

They commissioned the best street artists from around the world to make the district look beautiful, intriguing, and unique. And it worked to bring commerce to the area and it put Miami on the map as an artistic hub.

This photo was made during Art Basel, a highly acclaimed annual international art festival that happens in Miami every December.

People often like this photo. But to tell you the truth, I don’t really get it. What is amazing in this particular photo is the mural itself. The people walking by demonstrate how grand the mural is.

But a few weeks ago I blogged about the photography factors of light, space, and time. This photo has little capability of any of these factors. So in this blog post, I’ll explain how the more variation you have of light, space, and time, and choice of composition and content, the more options you have to make an interesting photo.

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Bryn Bonino
Bryn Bonino

Written by Bryn Bonino

Educator, marketer, and photographer.

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