Creative Composition for Better Photography

Personal notes from photography classes given by Bryon Paul McCartney in Viewfinder Center - see class description.

1. Three questions:
   • Why are you taking this picture? What is unique or interesting in it?
   • What do you want to show?
   • What is the center of interest?
2. Orientation (horizontal/vertical) changes sens of space.
3. Rule of thirds.
4. Simplicity - keep your picture simple.
   • Do not try to show too much.
   • Make your subject the most prominent element on the picture.
5. Some techniques:
   • Points, lines&angels, curves&shapes.
   • Our eyes naturally connect the dots and follow lines. Put the subject on the line, at the end of them.
   • Framing - isolate interesting object, show only the object (keep rest black).
   • Pattern/repetition - repeating details.
   • Symmetry - creates balance and static composition,
   • Point of view - move around he subject, find the best angle.