Before the Click

Thoughts on Craft, Perception and Intention

Before the Click explores the decisions that shape a photograph before the shutter is pressed. It explores observation, visual awareness, composition, and the creative choices photographers make in the field — long before editing begins.

Most photography advice focuses on what happens just before and after the shutter is pressed — camera settings, editing techniques, and gear.

But the most important decisions in photography happen long before the click.

This short book gathers twenty-five practical ideas drawn from more than four decades of photographing, teaching, and working with students. Each idea explores a simple yet powerful principle: how we observe, interpret, and shape the scene in front of us before pressing the shutter.

Before the Click is written for photographers who want to move beyond simply recording what they see and begin shaping photographs with greater intention.
Each of the 25 essays in the book is deliberately short — each can be read in just a few minutes, and they don’t have to be read in order. And, best of all, it/s entirely free

Learn more, and download the book here