3 Free Photography Cheat Sheets That Will Help Your Compositions POP!
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In photography, practice makes perfect.
But, you gotta be smart and efficient about it. Otherwise you’ll end up going in circles with the trial-and-error (aka: The Slow) route.
Photography composition is THE skill that will always provide you a shortcut to creativity and better photos. No matter the skill level you’re at.
In this post, you will find 3 printable project cheat sheets from the best-selling Action Cards Composition Set: Vol 1, for free. With these cheat sheets, you will improve your composition skills, with practical hands-on assignments. These free photography project sheets cover the 3 powerful composition techniques of Using Patterns, Negative space and Frames. Make sure you download them, print them and carry them with you the next time you are out shooting!
Don’t forget to explore more of the 34 photography composition techniques, by taking a peek at the Action Cards Composition Set: Vol 1. Take a look at it here.
Negative space is the empty, or unoccupied, space surrounding the subject in a photo that helps to define it. It is one of the least understood art concepts with photographers. Simple empty space does not signify the proper use of negative space. This project cheat sheet will show you how to spot and use negative space to create powerful images. Download now →
The art term “frame” means that the photographer places a visual boundary, within the composition, that helps to direct a viewer’s eyes toward the subject. This project cheat sheet will show you how to create a frame through structural & environmental elements, or by using light, shadow, and color. Download now →
Patterns can often be confused with ‘repetition’ which is a composition tool of its own. Similar objects or shapes, repeated in a regular arrangement, combine to form a pattern in a photograph. This project sheet will show you how to spot and use patterns to compose striking images. Download now →
To get the most out of these project sheets, we recommend you to print them and carry them with you, or download them on your mobile device for when you’re out photographing.
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About Ritesh Saini
Ritesh has been photographing since 2010 and his photographic interests have varied from nature and landscapes to street photography. He recommends the Action Cards Composition Set to anyone who wants to learn photographic composition through unique, practical assignments that you can print and take with you anywhere.