For most of my life I've used rectangular aspect ratios almost exclusively. But there is something fascinating about the square format that's always tugged at my heartstrings. I think I may have figured out one of the characteristics of the square format that is so appealing.

A lot of photography instructors these days talk about "good light" and "bad light," in particular morning light and evening light. It's been my experience that morning light and evening light are great not because of the time of day but rather because of a characteristic I think of as "parallel...