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Rule of thirds? Leading lines? The Fibonacci spiral? Learn it all with our deep archive of photography composition tips for beginner, intermediate and pro photographers.

Composition Tips for Nature and Forest Photography

Composition Tips for Nature and Forest Photography

When you look at a photo of a forest, what’s the first thing you notice? Maybe the color, maybe the story, but most likely it’s the composition. The “congested” surroundings photographers have to contend with make woodland photography a seriously challenging genre of photography. To help you out with some composition tips for forest photography, […]

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Woodland Photography: 7 Composition Tips

Woodland Photography: 7 Composition Tips

When it comes to photographing woodlands, things can get pretty chaotic. You are confined to limited space, difficult subjects and many distracting surrounding elements. Tightly packed trees and tricky lighting usually make the work that much more challenging. So to help you out, we have photographer Nigel Danson sharing his process of finding and photographing […]

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Lighting or Composition: Which One Takes Priority?

Lighting or Composition: Which One Takes Priority?

Lighting and composition are definitely two of the most talked-about topics when learning about photography. They are undoubtedly two of the most important pillars that, if mastered, can take your photos to the next level. But which one is more important? To answer that, we have photographer Manny Ortiz in today’s video. He shows you […]

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How to Use Your Camera’s LCD Monitor to Improve Composition

How to Use Your Camera’s LCD Monitor to Improve Composition

You may own the most expensive photo equipment and have the latest array of software for tweaking your images, but it’s all for naught if you haven’t quite figured out the fundamentals of how to put together a well-balanced composition. Creating a harmonious photographic composition is not easily accomplished or learned. With today’s sophisticated digital […]

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Tips for Improving Composition in Photography

Tips for Improving Composition in Photography

Have you seen a photograph that made you literally want to step through the frame and enter that world? Or have you seen a photograph that instantly made your mouth water and your stomach give a little twitch of hunger? Composition in photography is creating a story or capturing a moment that comes to life […]

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New: Intuitive Composition Photo Guide & Cheat Sheets

New: Intuitive Composition Photo Guide & Cheat Sheets

If you understand composition, you can capture stunning images even in ordinary situations. We all understand the importance of composition, but very few of us really master it. It can be difficult to retain the information of an in-depth guide on the subject, that’s why the new Intuitive Composition comes in two parts: A 330-page, […]

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3 Tips to Add Depth to Your Landscape Composition

3 Tips to Add Depth to Your Landscape Composition

The importance of composition in photography can’t be understated. If you want to quickly improve your photography, the best way is to work on your composition. But that said, composition – especially when photographing landscapes – comes with its own set of challenges. For instance, a big challenge is to capture a three-dimensional world in […]

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Using a 70-200mm Camera Lens for Good Compositions

Using a 70-200mm Camera Lens for Good Compositions

The lenses we use work as our eyes when taking photos. So, what we see and how we compose our photos is dependent on what focal length we use. For instance, we’re presented with a wider field of view when using a wide-angle lens. This can make it a bit more challenging to isolate the […]

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Photography Composition Elements & Principles

Photography Composition Elements & Principles

Composition determines how you lay a picture out and how you place objects within the scene to get the most aesthetically pleasing results. It’s perhaps the most important aspect of photography. How you compose your images determines how meaningful they are. Your gear, lighting, editing, and everything else becomes secondary. In this insightful video, photographer […]

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Photography Composition: 12 Tips

Photography Composition: 12 Tips

No matter what gear or photography technique you use, the thing that people notice the most in your image is composition. And that’s why composition is considered to the backbone of photography. Therefore, if you want to improve yourself as a photographer, pay attention to how you compose your images. Improving your composition will give […]

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