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Artists who draw or paint follow or at least know when they have chosen to break the rules of composition. The best photographers do too. But most wildlife photographers have little classical
Read more →Creating your pictures around repeating elements or patterns provides picture unity and structure. Pattern repetition creates a rhythm that the eyes enjoy following (fig. 5-15). When lines, shapes, and colors within a
Read more →Mastering the Art Now here comes the fun part. Some people believe that the artistic skills of a photographer cannot be taught. Those are skills that you have to hone. You can
Read more →In our modern world of automatic cameras, which focus for us and adjust the exposure in an ever more perfect way (most of the time), the biggest difference between a good photograph
Read more →Another possibility to enhance the importance of the main subject is to look for the spotlight. The dark areas around your subject take the role of a frame. Obviously metering is a
Read more →Think of a landscape photograph as a jigsaw puzzle, with dozens of different pieces demanding your attention. If you arrange all those pieces in the right order you'll end up with an
Read more →Let's start with an introduction of a technique that is well known for many centuries now: The "Golden Mean" (sometimes called "Golden Section") is a geometric formula by the ancient Greeks. A
Read more →Photo Composition: Points Of View All of a sudden, it catches the photographer's eye: the object he wants for his main motif. But most of the time, just taking a quick glance
Read more →Landscape composition is the art of arranging the various elements within a scene to create a visually appealing image. Many different rules and guidelines can be followed when composing a landscape photograph,
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