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THE RULES OF COMPOSITION BY PETER HALL
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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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