How do you create the perfect photograph? The question recently came up during a discussion with a client about his camera club and their photo contests.

"What kinds of subjects do you all shoot," I asked?

"Mostly landscapes," he replied. "but the members are obsessed with being perfect." 

Inside I scoffed. What is a perfect photo? I've seen too many so-called perfect photos that bored me. They were technically perfect but had no life.

For me the perfect image is about more than just pixels.

I have expanded the perfect paradigm to mean the balance of three ideals. I call it the perfection triangle.

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