If you are anything like most photographers, there’s thousands upon thousands of images on your hard drives. Maybe you keep your best shots in a separate folder that grows over the years, but what do you do with all the others?
Putting my images into a series of nine is something I’ve been doing for the last few years, and I’ve found it adds a new dimension to my photography and how I showcase my images. Why nine you ask? Nine images are visually appealing and yet still a challenge to put into a 3x3 grid. At the same time, nine images of the same orientation will give you a pleasing finished look.
Putting your images into a group of nine makes them collectively stronger by saying ‘I think these are important’. As an exercise, it encourages you to think how images can work together to make a story, and it helps to clarify what you love to shoot and how you can take
