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Landscape composition – the story of the 3 grounds

by Tony Prower | Mar 14, 2012 | Landscape photography | 0

Considering a photo as a story can be useful if you are careful to show how the elements of a scene relate to each other.

3 is the magic number

by Tony Prower | Mar 9, 2012 | Beginner's Guide, Landscape photography | 0

Simple landscape composition. Three is already a Magic Number in photography. How many legs does a tripod have? It wouldn’t work the same with 4 legs, or 2 legs. Although this is engineering magic and the principle of tripod is much less flexible than visual art, 3 can be magic in landscape photography. It is […]

Composition – following and breaking the rules

by Tony Prower | Aug 19, 2009 | Landscape photography | 0

The rules of composition are guidelines for producing a well designed image. ‘Guidelines’ are probably a better description than ‘rules’ as they just help us as a kind of starting point. Breaking the rules of composition often means simply observing a different rule.