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Rule of thirds? Leading lines? The Fibonacci spiral? Learn it all with our deep archive of photography composition tips for beginner, intermediate and pro photographers.

7 Musts of Great Composition in Photography

7 Musts of Great Composition in Photography

What makes a great picture? There is always room for creative interpretation, but if you want to create a memorable photograph, these are seven things you must do. 1. Find a clear subject Speaking of musts, every discussion about photography and composition must begin here. Before you ever hoist your camera or touch your shutter, […]

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Landscape Photography: 5 Transformational Composition Tips

Landscape Photography: 5 Transformational Composition Tips

Composition tips are a dime a dozen. As a student of photography, it is up to you to decide what suits your style best. We often recommend rules that have been tried and tested, but sometimes it’s handy to go a different route. Today, we bring to you professional landscape photographer Mark Denney, who shares […]

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A Crafty Visual Exercise to Boost Your Composition Skills

A Crafty Visual Exercise to Boost Your Composition Skills

Composition and composition techniques always top the charts whenever we talk about getting started with photography. You could call composition the foundation of photography; most things in photography revolve around it. This is why we find lots of resources on tips, techniques and styles of composition when starting to learn photography. In the process, the […]

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Dynamic Symmetry: The Baroque Diagonal for Composition

Dynamic Symmetry: The Baroque Diagonal for Composition

Artists put considerable effort into deciding on their compositions. Besides visual judgement, artists are also influenced by geometrical relationships. Simply put, dynamic symmetry is a grid system which is geometrically designed to promote continuity, flow, rhythm, and balance within an artistic design. Photographer Tavis Leaf Glover explains how you can get started with the fundamentals […]

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Are You Making These Composition Mistakes?

Are You Making These Composition Mistakes?

I see photographers making these five common composition mistakes all the time. It’s part of the learning process and every photographer works their way through it. What common composition mistakes do you see photographers make? Let us know in the comments. 1. Using the rule of thirds all the time There’s nothing wrong with the […]

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5 Things You Should Know About Composition

5 Things You Should Know About Composition

Composition is an interesting aspect of photography because there are no absolutes. It’s mostly opinion. Compose an image a certain way and some people will like it, some people won’t. You can argue for hours about why a photo works, or why it doesn’t. But amongst this variation of opinion something interesting occurs. It seems […]

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Portrait Composition Tips with Background Considerations

Portrait Composition Tips with Background Considerations

When you think of portrait photos, you might think that all you need is an 85mm lens, a camera, and a pretty model. Simply capture the face in the frame and that’s it. You have a nice portrait image. However, the pros know there’s more to it than that. This video on compositional tips for […]

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Photography Composition Essentials: Depth or Perspective

Photography Composition Essentials: Depth or Perspective

If your photograph engages a viewer for more than five seconds, it means it has something for the viewer to look into. If we brush aside the story part and strictly look into the aesthetic aspects of a photograph, what composition rule or principle is actually responsible for all that viewer’s attention? It’s depth—or perspective—in […]

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Perspective in Your Photo Compositions

Perspective in Your Photo Compositions

Throughout history, paintings have undergone a distinct revolution. When two-dimensional paintings were no longer popular, artists had figured out different ways to allow the third dimension to impact the painting. We call that third dimension “perspective,” and it’s just as important in photography as in painting. The use of perspective can add an extra sense […]

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Creative Composition in Digital Photography

Creative Composition in Digital Photography

The difference between a good photographer and a great photographer is creative composition. Knowing the what, where, and how of composition will put you ahead of your peers and help you create a dynamic image every time. The best images aren’t taken by accident. They’re carefully composed before the shutter button is pressed. By carefully […]

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