Overview 

This 3‑hour photography composition course presents the following:

• A brief overview of how our minds process visu­al infor­ma­tion (and why this hin­ders compositions)
• Tech­niques for iden­ti­fy­ing and defin­ing your subject
• The impor­tance of per­spec­tive, focal length, and expo­sure in con­trol­ling sub­ject scale and prominence
• For­mat, frame dynam­ics, and cropping
• Sub­ject place­ment for more strik­ing pictures
• How to visu­al­ize and design bet­ter photographs
• Easy short­cuts for imme­di­ate­ly improv­ing almost any photo

Recommended prerequisites

Begin­ner Pho­tog­ra­phy Cours­es Bundle

Description

Com­po­si­tion is one of the essen­tial fac­tors in cre­at­ing a com­pelling pho­to­graph. A good com­po­si­tion starts with under­stand­ing your sub­ject and scene and find­ing an effec­tive way to assem­ble those visu­al ele­ments into a cohe­sive whole using a cam­era and lens. 

New pho­tog­ra­phers often have trou­ble with both parts of this process because how our minds process visu­al infor­ma­tion is incom­pat­i­ble with the pho­to­graph­ic medium. 

This work­shop intro­duces you to sev­er­al rule-free tech­niques to over­come the psy­cho­log­i­cal bar­ri­ers to ide­al pho­to­graph­ic com­po­si­tions. You will learn about effec­tive meth­ods for iden­ti­fy­ing your sub­ject and giv­ing them scale and promi­nence with the help of your cam­era place­ment and lens. You will dis­cov­er how cam­era for­mat and sub­ject place­ment can change frame dynam­ics and sub­se­quent crop­ping. You will learn about using your mind’s eye to visu­al­ize bet­ter pho­tos before tak­ing them. And you’ll be intro­duced to sev­er­al easy tech­niques for improv­ing almost any pic­ture in short order, even after tak­ing it.