Thread by @ozanoz

#thingsiread #photography

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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