Useful Composition Tools in Photography · makes a composition.” -Alexander Calder “A camera didn't make a great picture any more than a typewriter wrote a great novel.” -Peter

UsefulCompositionToolsinPhotography

“Disparityinform,color,size,weight,motion,iswhatmakesacomposition.” - AlexanderCalder

“Acameradidn'tmakeagreatpictureanymorethanatypewriterwroteagreatnovel.”

- PeterAdams

TheRuleofThirds

HenriCartier-Bresson,HenriMatisseathome,1944

HenriCartier-Bresson,HenriMatisseathome,1944

“Luckistheresidueofhardwork”- VinceLombardi

“Luckiswhathappenswhenpreparationmeetsopportunity.”

- Seneca,RomanPhilosopher,5BC

LinesandDiagonalLines

MichaelKenna,SakuraandFullMoon,Hokkaido,Japan,2015

PatternsandRepetitions

ErnstHaas

ErnstHaas

HarryCallahan

Symmetry

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Texture

HarryCallahan

HarryCallahan

DepthofField

ErnstHaas

HelenRousakis

HelenRousakis

Perspectives,Angles

Symbolism

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Framing

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NegativeandPositiveSpace

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PietMondrian

“Withoutinspirationthebestpowersofthemindremaindormant,thereisafuelinuswhichneedstobeignitedwithsparks.”

- JohannGottfriedVonHerder

ArnoldNewman

"Consultingtherulesofcompositionbeforetakingaphotographislikeconsultingthelawsofgravitybeforegoingforawalk.”

- EdwardWeston

Notallrulesleadtogoodimages

“…Ifasocalled“rule”ofcompositionisbroken,ajudgemustnotautomaticallylowerthescore…Themostcommonbroken“rule”iscenteringthesubjectratherthanaplacementata1/3point…”

- PFLIJudgesHandbook

"Theso-calledrulesofphotographiccompositionare,inmyopinion,invalid,irrelevantandimmaterial”.

- AnselAdams

Centering

ChristianLichtenberg,TheEroticismofBeing

ErnstHaas

Neverletthehorizoncutanimageinhalf!Really?

HiroshiSugimoto

HiroshiSugimoto

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ArnoldNewman,thesculptorTonySmith

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“Thenegativeiscomparabletothecomposer'sscoreandtheprinttoitsperformance.Eachperformancediffersinsubtleways.” - AnselAdams

Considercroppinganimagetomakeitvisuallystronger

AnroldNewman

"Therearenorulesforgoodphotographs,thereareonlygoodphotographs.” - AnselAdams