Composing for the final image

Whenever i am asked to photograph anything or anybody i always ask how the images will be used, sometimes the reply is' 'we might use one as a double page spread'' or ''we might have text going over part of the image''

In the image above both of those requests are in use.

Composing an image under those constraits takes a bit of thought, for a double page spread the image has to be landscape orientation with the main part of the image to one side so the gutter doesn't cut through an important part, and the area that the final text will cover is best to be plain so the text doesn't mix with the background.

In the above image i placed Kyle to one side of the frame with some dark trees to the right to enable the text to show up. Lighting was the sun from back right with a flash front left to balance, there is also another flash to the right of Kyle to provide some rim light on his left arm.