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I'm reading a book called "READ THIS IF YOU WANT TO TAKE GREAT PHOTOGRAPHS." by Henry Carroll
Every Sunday, I'll share information from one topic.
The first one is:
🧵 Composition
"You don't take a photograph, you make it."
Ansel Adams
Think of compositions as the foundations of your image. And just like those of a building, foundations need to be strong.
Look for leading lines.
Great compositions take you on a journey. Your eyes are guided around the image on a specific path, leading to where the photographer wants to take you.
Use leading lines to give your composition structure and draw the viewer to key elements.
The Var department, Hyeres - France
Photographer: Henri Cartier-Bresson
The Shape of Things
Horizontal pictures (or landscape format) encourage our eyes to move from side to side. Vertical pictures (or portrait format) make them move up and down.
The Rebbe
Photographer: Marc Asnin
Think inside the box
Framing draws attention to a particular part of your composition.It’s especially handy if you are shooting a busy scene.
Burning Man Festival
Photographer: Cristina Garcia Rodero
The layered look
Foreground interest offers the viewer a stepping stone into your image and heightens its sense of depth.
Shipbreaking
Photographer: Edward Burtynsky
Get close.
And then get closer.
Very often, nothing kills an image more than keeping your distance.
Benidorm, Spain
Photographer: Martin Parr
It's a primal instinct
Symmetry isn't simply a case of composing your image like an ink blot. It's about creating an overall sense of harmony and balance.
Above the City
Photographer: Alkan Hassan
Be offish
If you don't want to centre your subject, the rule of thirds helps maintain balance.
Charles Jourdan campaign
Photographer: Guy Bourdin
Make every inch count
When composing your image avoid "passive" ares that don't add much.
42nd Street and Eighth Avenue
Photographer: Lars Tunbjörk
Reducing it down
Don't see the world as it is. See it as a photograph.
West Wall, Business Systems Division
Photographer: Lewis Baltz
Throw the rule book out of the window
Good photographs conform to the rules.
Really good photographs often break them.
Francis Bacon, Primrose Hill
Photographer: Bill Brandt
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