Looking to improve your photography composition and don’t know where to start? We have put together a list of some free e-books and guides on composition to help you get better at it. There are guides on visual storytelling, choosing the right subjects, and using shadows for composition, among others, to inspire you. Be sure to check them out – they are all free!
If you would like to take your photography composition up a notch and want to really learn everything about it, take a look at Kent DuFault’s bestselling guide on understanding composition.
1. The Art of Visual Storytelling
This guide by professional photographer Karthika Gupta takes you through the various stages of visual storytelling and guides you on how to tell stories with photos, with sections on storyboarding with a single image versus multiple images, and how to inject your personality into it. Download now →
2. Quick Guide to Composition
Loosely composed shots will never have the kind of visual impact that a photo with a strong composition will have. This guide by photographer Jason Little discusses various compositional rules that you have at your disposal and how you can utilize them to produce visually captivating photographs. Download now →
3. Choosing the Right Photography Subjects
Choosing the subject is a critical step when composing your photographs. The right subject treated with a good composition can result in a great shot. This guide by photographer Karlo de Leon talks about the value of a subject in an image and guides you on how to decide what subject can work in a shot. Download now →
4. Using Post Production to Improve a Composition
Composition should essentially be determined before you click the shutter but oftentimes upon reviewing our photographs later, we realize that the composition could have been better. Post processing offers you ways to improve a composition by way of cropping or removing/ cloning out unwanted elements. This eBook shows you how with an example. Download now →
5. How to Use Spot Color in Your Photographs
This guide by photographer Karthika Gupta discusses the spot coloring composition tool, that uses the available colors in a scene to compose a shot so that a particular color stands out from the rest of the frame. ‘Spot color’ is different from selective coloring, which is a post-processing technique. Download now →
6. Using Shadows to Enhance Composition
In this guide, photographer David Veldman takes you through the various ways you can utilize shadows in your composition. Not only will you learn about the different kinds of shadows, but also how to use them to pull attention, create balance and much more. Download now →
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If you’d like to learn the key elements of composition and how to apply them to consistently get remarkable shots, check out Kent DuFault’s bestselling guide Understanding Composition. It has everything you need to know about photographic composition and how to use it to create great photographs.
If you missed out on your copy last time. It’s available again, and on sale right now. Plus it includes a handy composition rules and tools checklist as a free bonus.
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