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.
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  1. 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...

  2. 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.

  3. 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...

  4. 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...

  5. 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.

  6. 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...

  7. 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...

  8. 20 Questions to Ask Yourself to Improve Your Photography

    20 Questions to Ask Yourself to Improve Your Photography

    Tutorial • Beginner

    When I find myself in something of a photography rut, it's a good time to ask more questions. Ruts usually happen from running on auto-pilot, plodding along,...

  9. How to Become a Spontaneous Photographer

    How to Become a Spontaneous Photographer

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Being spontaneous means opening your eyes up to the photographic opportunities around you. It means trying new photo techniques, having the desire to dive...

  10. The Complete Guide to Photographing Classical Musicians

    The Complete Guide to Photographing Classical Musicians

    Tutorial • Beginner

    For those of us who regularly take promotional shots of bands and fashion, it can be easy to get stuck in a rut of approaching the same clientele over and...

  11. How to Create a Sense of Depth to Your Photos

    How to Create a Sense of Depth to Your Photos

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Today we will take a look at how to add some sense of depth to your photographs and thus make them become alive and more interesting to the viewer. By making...

  12. Dealing With Foliage: Green and Yellow Saturation

    Dealing With Foliage: Green and Yellow Saturation

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    I've noticed around the internet that a great many people struggle with foliage. A large number of people don't even seem to notice that there's an issue,...

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