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Back to Basics - Composition

Monday May 25, 2009
Composition refers to how the items in your photograph are arranged within the frame. There are many ways to chose the arrangement of your subject(s) but there are some very common techniques that add a lot of impact to your images.

Rule of Thirds
Centering
Leading Lines
Horizontal vs Vertical

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June 1, 2009 at 3:31 pm
(1) Dave says:

Thanks. I didn’t know about the “rule of thirds” before. It makes good sense…I wish I had more of it!!

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