1. In Focus Photo Composition – In Control of the Image

5. Composition is the thoughtful arrangement of the visual elements within a work.

10. Pick one Story Too much is happening here…which story are you telling? Crop pictures that are visually confusing. Keep the subject of your photo clear.

14. Rule of Thirds Arrange subjects at intersecting points.

17. Tilted Horizon Garry Winogrand, Los Angles, 1969

18. Direction of Implied Lines Another guideline for placement is determined by the direction of implied lines due to motion or direction of gaze of the subject. The convention is that motion should lead into rather than out of the frame.

22. Closer…. Even closer. Move in close to your subject.

25. Framing

27. Extreme close ups show only a small detail of the subject. Eikoh Hosoe, Embrace #46, 1970

29. Format Shape A square is stable and self-contained. Longer rectangles seem to more readily extend beyond themselves visually. horizontal framing vertical framing – vertical shots are more powerful than horizontal shots

32. Frames within a frame Lee Friedlander

34. Foreground The parking meters give a linear perspective and add depth to the photo. A. Aubrey Bodine, Parking Meters Baltimore

35. Foreground

37. Unusual Similarities

39. Content Mark Walker

40. Mark Walker

41. Content

42. Content

44. Texture The raindrops form a visual texture on the woman’s face. Brian Brake, Indian woman in monsoon rain.

47. Repetition

48. Repetition

49. Lines are useful to focus viewer’s attention on the subject. Robert Imholf, Mercedes Benz

50. Lines Line plays an important role in this photograph. The converging lines of the brick wall draw the eye to the police officer. The vertical lines of the building accentuate his straight posture, and the horizontal line of the paving adds visual interest. Bill Brandt, Policeman in Bermondsey

51. Implied Lines Both real and implied lines can be seen in this image. Jim Brandenburg, Arctic wolf on Ellesmere Island, Canada

53. Implied Shape Danny Lyon

55. Point of View By changing the point of view you can change how the subject is viewed.

57. Point of View

58. Point of View

59. Point of View Sylvia Plachy, Sumo Wrestlers, New York, 1985

61. Technical Quality Mark Walker

65. Variety on a Page/Spread

67. Edward Curtis Coastal Salish, Lummi Type Story goes here.

68. Nadar (Gaspard Felix Tournachon Sarah Bernhardt, 1865 Story goes here.

69. Arnold Newman Piet Mondrian Yes, you guessed it……

70. Lewis W. Hine Ten-year-old spinner Where would the story go for this image?