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Symmetry

THINKING: This location looks very busy in the final image - but on arrival there was even more stuff spread around than you see now!

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Strong Backgrounds

THINKING: This image was shot on location in a night club. There were many spaces with interesting decoration around the club.

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Stripes

THINKING: In general we try to avoid stripes in portraits, because stripes can so dominate an image.