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THE RULES OF COMPOSITION
BY PETER HALL
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“Rules are foolish, arbitrary, mindless things that raise you quickly to a level of acceptable mediocrity, then prevent you from progressing further”
The Art of Photography, Bruce Barnbaum
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“There are no rules for good photographs, only good photographs”
Ansel Adams
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What is composition ?
“an arrangement of the parts of a work of art so as to form a unified, harmonious whole”
The Art of Photography, Bruce Barnbaum
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What is your photograph of ?
• A thing ?
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What is your photograph of ?
• A place ?
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What is your photograph of ?
• A person ?
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What is your photograph of ?
• An event ?
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What is your photograph of ?
• Nothing at all ?
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“a good photograph is knowing where to stand” Ansel Adams
• Where do I stand ?If you stand where everyone else is, you will take the same photograph
• Where do I look ?When everybody is looking up – look down
• Which way do I hold my camera ?Still (usually)
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A contradiction 1 – fill the frame
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A contradiction 2 – negative space
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The only unbreakable rule ?
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The only unbreakable rule ?
• Straight horizons !
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Except when you break it...
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Oh no, it’s...
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Oh no, it’s...the rule of thirds
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Selective focus
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Lead in lines
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Lead in lines - direction
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The S Curve
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Foreground
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Framing within the frame
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Juxtaposition
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Square
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Panorama or ‘letter box’
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Symmetry
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Diptych
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Odd numbers (the preference for 3)
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Repeating patterns
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Simplicity
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