One of the key elements to a shooting a great photo is photography composition. By using certain established composition tricks you can really make a huge impact on your photographs. Composition in photography is really just that: composing your photos in a way that makes the best visual sense. This allows you to take more compelling photos by leading the viewer’s …

In this photography tutorial you'll learn how to compose better backgrounds by eliminating distractions, using depth-of-field and incorporating interesting background elements. When composing photos its equally important to pay attention to the background as you do to the main subject.

Panning is a great photography composition technique you can use to capture a moving subject. The result is a subject of the photo that is crisp and sharp, while the rest of the composition remains a blur in the background. Panning is a creative technique used to suggest speed and velocity in a photo. For example, you could focus the …

In this post, we are going to teach you how to use curved lines in your photo compositions. Curved Lines Add Beauty and Grace to a Photo Curved lines have a unique ability to add beauty and grace to a photo. The smooth contour of curved lines help soften the subject within a photograph as opposed to straight lines, like …

Using lines within a photograph can be very powerful because they create a sense of direction and movement within the frame. In this post, we are going to teach you how to use horizontal lines in your photograph to create a certain mood and feel. Other types of lines you can use within photos include: vertical lines, diagonal lines and …

Lines within a photograph can create a sense of direction and movement within the frame. In this post, we are going to teach you how to use vertical lines in your photograph to create a certain mood and feel. Vertical Lines Convey Power and Strength Vertical lines have a unique ability of portraying a sense of power, strength and growth …

Here’s a photographer’s secret you may not have known – camera angles in photography have a major impact on how a photo makes a viewer feel and the message it conveys. You’ll be amazed at how a simple adjustment in your angle to a subject can completely transform the composition of your photograph! As a photographer, camera angles are your …

As a photographer, there are several common photography terms and definitions that you should know and understand. You’ll find that there are common terms that we reference throughout our photography tutorials and knowing the definitions will help you to follow the steps much easier. Its also good to understand these common photography terms and definitions so you’ll feel comfortable participating …

One of the biggest challenges you face as a photographer is trying to render a three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional photo. This makes perspective and depth in photo compositions very important. Depending on how you capture a photo will affect how close objects appear to each other within a scene, which will either strengthening or weakening the perceived depth. In …

Have you ever came home after a great day of photography, only to upload your images and find that they had great photo compositions, but the focus was not quite right – making them unusable? By applying the simple rules of Hyperfocal Distance you can be sure that you are shooting images which are sharp from foreground to background on …