Every photograph has a frame. By its very nature, the top, bottom, and sides of a photo, be it digital or printed are the boundaries of our composition. However, composition does not have to stop at the physical or digital edges of our images. Very often we add an extra frame to the outside of our images. This could be a photo frame for a print or a black border for a digital image. Both will change the composition of the image.
Photographic Composition Articles
Composition is the backbone of a great photo. We often call them compositional rules but in reality, they are more like guidelines.
Here we take a look at six, more advanced techniques that you can use to enhance your images.
Geometry and symmetry do not sound like photographic techniques, more the sort of thing you would learn from a maths book. Mathematical they might be, but they are also beautiful, powerful compositional tools that can make images really stand out from the crowd. Symmetry and geometry are two techniques that work well on their own […]
Have you ever looked at a really nice photo and felt that something was just not quite right? A feeling that something is jarring but you can’t quite put your finger on it. There is a good chance that the image is visually unbalanced. Even a good composition can look jarring if some of the […]
One of the best ways to learn photography is by looking at examples that clearly demonstrate concepts. That is what we have tried to do in selecting these images that clearly deomstrate certain composition principles that you will become familiar with as you progress through your photography journey. The criteria for selecting the images were […]
Guiding a viewer through your images is part of the skill in developing as a photographer and can be a huge part of getting powerful compositions. But how does a photographer “draw the eye?” Truth is there are MANY ways, but here are three basic ones that you can work on today in your photos. […]
