CompositionBeginner2 min read
Choosing your viewpoint
Zooming changes how much you keep. Moving changes how everything in the frame relates. Only one of those fixes a background.
Composition
Where to put things in the frame, and why it changes the photograph.
CompositionBeginner2 min read
Leading the eye
Lines, frames and layers give a viewer a route through a photograph. Used carelessly they lead straight out of it.
CompositionBeginner2 min read
What to leave out
Most weak photographs contain too much. Subtraction is the compositional skill that improves pictures fastest.
CompositionBeginner2 min read
Where to put the subject
The rule of thirds, centring, and the more useful question underneath both: what does the space around your subject actually do?