Naturally framing photography is sometimes overlooked as a compositional technique. By taking advantage of natural frames, however, you can add focus and depth to an image. Photography as a genre is full of techniques to help with composition. Some focus on colour

Composition for family portraits might look like a bunch of rules at first, but don’t get overwhelmed. With a bit of practice it will start to be fun in no time. To help you start on this subject, I am sharing with you my favourite composition tips and famil

I consider cropping almost like a secondary composition type. In photography, sometime the right moment is far much important than everything else. If you spend too much time to get the perfect composition and miss a great moment, you will regret it. When I’

Art is subjective in nature. Its definition can vary from person to person. What seems art for one can be trash for another. After street photography, fine art photography is the most debatable term. What is fine art photography? You will find ample amounts of deb

I have never taken a conventional approach to learning or teaching composition. Breaking the rules of photography composition can, in fact, lead to creative results, if done properly. The rules of photography and photographic composition are not very strict. There

You probably don’t think about them that much when shooting, but shadows can make a scene more dramatic if you know how to use them. In this article we have a few tricks to show you to help you photograph shadows better. Why Wait for the Golden Hour Golden hour

If you’ve been following my basic composition technique tutorials, you’ll already know how effective the use of lines can be when composing a photo. To finish off the lines sections we have perhaps the most useful: converging lines. In this post we wil

Dynamic tension is a way of using the energy and movement available in various features of the frame to draw the eye out of the picture, in contrasting directions. We’ve already looked at a variety of different lines that can be used to make a photo more int

Triangles are present, in one way or another, in almost everything we see – it’s just a case of distinguishing them and knowing what to do with them. They make great compositional tools as they’re easy to make and manipulate and are remarkably co

Why Horizons When a frame is divided by a single, dominant line, more often than not this is due to a Horizon. They’re fairly common in outdoor photography, particularly landscapes. If the photo is of nothing particularly interesting, this line can become

I was challenged by another photographer/blogger the other week, when he saw that I was shooting from the hip (so to speak), saying that it wasn’t good photography, because I didn’t know what I was taking. I didn’t challenge him on this, but I do

Alrightyyy then, lets get to it, this is Day 5 in my 30 Day Photography Challenge, and today’s challenge is to tackle high angle photography. No real need to go into too much detail about what it exactly it is, it’s fairly self-explanatory — a high-ang

When we take a photo with our cameras, we are turning a 3D image into just 2D, something that can causes problems when you’re trying to display depth. It has advantages and disadvantages, depending on what you’re trying to convey with your photo but, u

If you take photos of people, you’re taking photos with eye lines. It’s important to understand the effect that these have on how we view photos. If you’ve read up on visual weight before, you understand the effect that having a face in a photo h

Why Is It Important to Have an Interesting Background? You may have noticed by now that there are no photos of models on a white background on this site. There’s a good reason for this. I find these photos boring and unimaginative. The shooting environment

Introduction This is my third post on the use of lines as a composition technique. In this post we’re going to look at the effect that adding diagonal lines has on a photo. Diagonal lines are important factors to add to your photos now and then. You can us

Composing a photo for street photography can be a little intimidating. Luckily, there are tried-and-true techniques you can use to make street photography less daunting. If you’re just starting out, or looking to brush up on your skills, studying photography

Working with a single point of interest in a photo is one of the most basic forms of composition available. It’s quite a common occurrence and it pays to know what to do with it. A single point can provide interest to an otherwise plain photo. They’re

Why You Should Know How to Use Horizontal Lines Horizontal lines exist in everything we see and are the basis of every composition. Even photos with no straight lines in them are bound by the horizontal or vertical frame containing them. It’s important to

Why You Should Know About Vertical Lines Vertical lines come after horizontal lines in terms of importance and that’s for one single reason: the way our eyes view an image. Our eyes scan a photo from left to right horizontally, picking up horizontal lines