Photography coures, Kirkcudbright, Scotland 7

Timing and composition

Using the basic rules of composition, and with a careful eye on the timing of our pictures, a short walk along this part of High Street can produce some lovely photographs.

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The High Street - 1

We use High Street for all sorts of photography exercises - photographing small details; cropping out the inevitable white van that always seems to be parked in our line of view; making the most of wide-angle and telephoto lenses. All these things are possible when we explore this old part of the town.

From the Tollbooth Arts Centre to St. Cuthbert Street, High Street is a narrow residential street lined with lovely 18th Century houses. Pictures abound. There are straightforward angles of the Georgian doorways and windows, long shots of the pastel-coloured frontages. Everywhere you look there is something to see worth photographing. No wonder students enjoy a tour of the town so much.


MG Midgets and Georgian doorways in the High Stree. The MG is outside The Greengate, where many of our students stay. See Where you can stay

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