Learn about Composition

Learn the fundamentals of composition, including framing, leading lines, and the rule of thirds, and how to use these techniques to create compelling images.

All Composition content:

  1. How to Embed Google Photo Spheres on Your Blog or Website

    How to Embed Google Photo Spheres on Your Blog or Website

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Photo spheres create immersive panoramic images just like the ones you see when using Google Maps’ Street View function. Viewing a photo sphere feels almost...

  2. Create a Photo Sphere With Your DSLR Camera

    Create a Photo Sphere With Your DSLR Camera

    Tutorial Intermediate

    With your own DSLR camera, you can create immersive photo spheres just like the ones you see when using Google Maps’ Street View function. This will allow...

  3. Gettin' Round: How to Make a Spherical Image with Google Camera

    Gettin' Round: How to Make a Spherical Image with Google Camera

    Tutorial Beginner

    With Google camera you can create immersive photo spheres just like the ones you see when using Google Maps’ Street View function. Viewing a photo sphere is...

  4. How to Create High Dynamic Range and Panoramic Images in Adobe Lightroom

    How to Create High Dynamic Range and Panoramic Images in Adobe Lightroom

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Adobe adds two long-awaited features to Lightroom in the form of HDR and panorama merging.

  5. Bold Colours: How to Apply Colour Theory in Your Photo Compositions

    Bold Colours: How to Apply Colour Theory in Your Photo Compositions

    Tutorial Beginner

    Colour is a big part of design and photography is no exception. Colour has the power to grab the attention of your audience and make them feel what you want...

  6. Diptychs and Triptychs: Playing with Photo Stories and Unexpected Combinations

    Diptychs and Triptychs: Playing with Photo Stories and Unexpected Combinations

    Tutorial Beginner

    These words come from the Greek meaning two or three fold. This usually referred to a work of art that was divided into sections and hinged together but has...

  7. What We Expect to See: When to Crop Limbs in a Portrait

    What We Expect to See: When to Crop Limbs in a Portrait

    Tutorial Beginner

    Deciding where to crop a portrait can be a challenge. This quick tip explains how we see and how those principles can help us make good cropping decisions.

  8. Mind the Gaps: Creating Convincing Crowd Scenes

    Mind the Gaps: Creating Convincing Crowd Scenes

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Shooting convincing crowd scenes is difficult when you only have a few actors. This tutorial shows how to create a the appearance of a huge crowd with a...

  9. Sight Lines and Framing for Dynamic Video Composition

    Sight Lines and Framing for Dynamic Video Composition

    Tutorial Beginner

    Get your subjects eyelines right and camera positioning becomes simple. This video tutorial will show you how to split the frame into thirds, in your...

  10. Creative Aspect Ratio Techniques

    Creative Aspect Ratio Techniques

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial, you discover why certain aspect ratios work well and how to shoot for a particular framing style.

  11. Quick Tip: 5 Tried and True Portrait Cropping Techniques

    Quick Tip: 5 Tried and True Portrait Cropping Techniques

    Tutorial Beginner

    Cropping a portrait properly takes a lot more thought than just putting the face in the middle of the frame. In this quick tutorial, you'll learn five...

  12. Understanding & Using Ansel Adam's Zone System

    Understanding & Using Ansel Adam's Zone System

    Tutorial Intermediate

    The Zone System is a technique that was formulated by Ansel Adams and Fred Archer back in the 1930's. It is an approach to a standardized way of working...