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8 IMPORTANT Composition Tips for Better Photos
So, you’re looking to improve your photography and you’re (rightfully) told that composition is the key to a great photo. You proceed to read up on compositional rules and you realise there’s a lot to learn. The rule of thirds, the golden spiral, the phi grid, the Fibonacci sequence, leading lines, arabesques and dynamic symmetry. It all looks very complex and confusing.
You examine bodies of work taken by a variety of well-respected photographers, but rarely find any examples that fit with these rules you’ve read about. In fact, most of these images almost read like a list of case studies showing what not to do.
You’re confused and overwhelmed and really don’t know where to start.
The problem is that composition is a massive subject and learning all the grid systems and ratios is only one tool in your visual toolbox. So let me give you 8 simple tips to get you started on improving your composition.
CORRECTION: The Factory image at 7:45 is mislabelled as Edward Burtynsky. It should be credited as Andreas Gursky.
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46 responses to “8 IMPORTANT Composition Tips for Better Photos”
This feels like a therapy season 😂
HOW many new bits of kit have I bought, convinced I'll take better photos?
About as many as views of this video.
Another great video Jamie, glad I subscribed.
What an extremely well thought out and insightful video. I actually feel like I am walking away with new, useful knowledge. Thanks
You are very talented and I have watched many vids
Great except for the photoshop for me!
This is very helpful. Thanks for taking the time to assemble this in such an intuitive and easy to understand way. I related to the confusion you presented in the intro a great deal.
the pictures move very fast give me a headache
This is one of those videos where I come back again, and again to enforce my photography learning. It is a short composition bible 🙏🏻
Amazing! Many thanks @Jamie Windsor for this inspirational video <3
Amazingly helpful and useful. I feel like I could (and probably will) refer back to this vid about 100 times and still not fully digest everything here. Thank you!
Great video
Working in IT, I've come to despise computers. The absolutely last thing I want to do in my spare time is stay inside, staring at a screen, learning yet another application interface designed in Hell for hours on end. For me, photography is an escape from my job that gets outside interacting with the real world. That's another reason I shoot film – to disconnect from the grid.
The best intro I’ve ever heard on a photography tuto
Good to have you back Jamie ! thanks for the quality thought-provoking content as always.
the bruh moment
Wow – joined immediately
How can I start my own business in photography?
First 2:00 is the best intro I’ve seen on YT. Thanks for the tips!
The best vide I ever watched! I did a lot of courses and no one teach me this point of vision.
Thanks for sharing
Very well done, filled with good tips to taking better pictures.
Really amazing tips, thank you :)))
This video is quite confusing, he talks about composition and tells to make sure the viewer sees what you as an photographer wanted them to see, but looking at him making this video for a window with disturbing waving benches I miss his point completely, also the blurry bookcase isn't helping, in my eyes. Then he talks about mistakes in photos and shows a bunch, but I'm not sure if these are the bad examples or the good ones. So this isn't very helpful. Too bad because composition is important.
like most things in the art world as long as you can BS your way through explaining the "meaning" of the thing you can get an A* – That is why you get pier reviewed pictures getting a seal of approval. case in point centering subjects, dead space, orange on orange. Just utter pretentiousness IMHO
Very inspiring and helpful
Think firstly about what you are saying, before you decide how to say it.
My life. 😅😅 But nice vid. Thank u!
What you say is true… I've been following the rule of thirds for so long since it's on by default on cameras that I automatically frame my photos based on that even if it's turned off
This video helped me understand some key points that nobody else out there raises, and gave me techniques I never even thought about.
I do mainly 3D art but this is so helpful for us too!
I love your concepts. And explained in a very clear way, made it very easy to understand and apply. Great stuff mate.
the animation from around 5:19 onwards reminds me so much of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy TV series – did you make this, or was it taken from somewhere else?
"Always consider what you want your Image to say, before you decide how you want to say it."
What an Amazing Quote!
this video taught me more, and boosted my confidence in 8 minutes than any course i’ve taken previously
I wonder what Koudelka would say about photoshopping, deleting, etc., objects in a photo.
Simply amazing…Thank you so much
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What a great vid.. thank you so much.
this man explain detail about photograph and practically, thanks bro for explained for beginner photography or professional
4 tips on how to produce a video which provides technical advice: Turn the volume down on techno-music background filler. Lose the background sound filler all together. Slow down and prune 0.25 sec intro images. Like the accelerator pedal in a car, just because it is there doesn't mean it is to be used whenever possible. Thanks for the useful tutorial. Peace
Blur Your Eyes? Hahahahahah mine already blur 🤣🤣🤣
When I google Sam Abell I find predominantly cool chilly pictures of strong men and trains, but not the picture presented at 3:21. I want to find that picture online and others from its shoot. Using Google Lens took me to a pinterest post about ideas for photography, but I'm looking for that particular shoot. Could anyone help me with knowing what to search to find it?
I'm also curious about the William Eggleston tricycle shot at 8:02. (There should really be a guide for these in the description, I think)
This is the best class on composition I’ve ever seen. Very well done Jaime.
Don't chose the easy way with Photoshop, try hard to capture the best and authentic photographies.
cool
This is so insightful! Thanks. Hope to learn more from you!
Inspiring!
What a great lesson. Thank You
I'm just an amateur dabbler hobbiest but one other thing I read about and found helpful when I think of it is 'figure to ground' something. If your subject is dark try to get it against a lighter background and vice versa. Not sure if it's a compositional element or not though.