Less, but Better

Dec 14

Written By Jules Brown

The longer I work in editorial portraiture, the more I realize that the real work is not adding new ideas — it’s removing the unnecessary ones.

Editing is a discipline.
Restraint is a taste-marker.

We live in a culture that tries to convince us that more is always better.

But the images that hold, the ones that feel iconic — are often the ones that have the least inside the frame.

Taste is subtraction.

Jules Brown

Jules is a lifestyle branding and model development photographer in Traverse City Michigan. Jules the owner and founder of, House of 301 is a photography studio where we create one of a kind, timeless yet modern portraits for our clients.

https://www.houseof301.com

Less, but Better

The longer I work in editorial portraiture, the more I realize that the real work is not adding new ideas — it’s removing the unnecessary ones.

Editing is a discipline. Restraint is a taste-marker.We live in a culture that tries to convince us that more is always better.

But the images that hold, the ones that feel iconic — are often the ones that have the least inside the frame.

Taste is subtraction.

The Truth in The Quiet Frame

Editing is a discipline.
Restraint is a taste-marker.

We live in a culture that tries to convince us that more is always better.