Bruce Ballenger Article

Once again, this was another article that I really enjoyed. I am a huge fan of photography, so I thought it was very neat that Ballenger could create such a relationship between that and writing. It made the reading very interesting for me! My dad and I were just having a conversation about Edward Weston about 3 days ago; it was extremely ironic to see his name at the beginning of this article!
I think the thing that stuck out to me most in this article is when Ballenger said, “A close shot can be richly detailed. Narrowing your focus in writing has the same effect – you begin to notice what most people miss.” During the last week when I had been attempting to narrow my topics down to 3, I was having a real hard time deciding “what exactly” I would be addressing on each topic. When I think about any specific topic as a whole, it’s tuff to focus on the “close shot” of it. Indeed though, the “close shot” is exactly what it’s going to take to make any paper interesting. This really helped me realize what exactly I need to go back and look for in each of my 3 topics before I can actually narrow it down to my final choice!