“Drawing the Eye” refers to the way that we look at pictures and how composition can help to utilise that to make a picture truly compelling. The point of this latest eBook is to help the photographer understand what draws the eye.

David has divided the book into 3 parts – illustrated throughout of course with his stunning images, including some from his recent Lumen Dei Trip. Part one focuses on the the subtitle – visual mass. He explains what it is and why it matters and why factors such as the human figure, comparative size of objects, comparative brightness of objects, comparative focus etc create more visual mass in a picture.

In the second part he then develops this into how visual mass and composition work together, especially focusing on balance and the Point of View and how visual mass affects both of these.

In part three he completes the “journey” and gives some great insight into what he does in Lightroom to help refine all of this further. Of course in true David style there is a fourth part to the book – creative exercises related to each of the chapters to encourage and make you get out there and experiment.

Whether you are a seasoned pro or a keen amateur, I think this eBook will help to challenge, encourage, stimulate and push your ideas around composition and use of visual mass. Whilst I now realize that I already knew most of what had been written, I only knew them as a series of disjointed facts. David’s great skill is in joining up the dots.  He provides the context that makes those linkages logical and that make you go “A-ha! now why did no-one explain that to me so clearly before!”

Lastly the eBook is available here at David’s incredible introductory price of$5….this sort of content is what people pay hundreds of dollars to hear on a one day workshop, so $5 is a steal.