Golden triangle composition street photography eric kim

How to shoot a golden triangle composition in street photography

Practical Golden Triangle composition tips when shooting street photography:

1. Photograph someone as they’re exiting your frame

Golden triangle


2. Place your subject in the far left or the far right of the frame


3. Practice shooting a shadow selfie of yourself

Golden triangle composition street photography eric kim

4. Tilt your camera and shoot from a low angle with a wide-angle lens (like a 28mm)

Diagonal composition street photography suit Lisbon

Diagonal composition Lisbon

Golden triangle composition street photography eric kim

5. Try putting the Golden triangle composition on your photos after the fact

Lisbon walking woman

You won’t always think about the Golden triangle composition while you’re shooting. Practice sketching it on your photo after the fact (when you’re at home) to better analyze your own compositions!

Sketch Lisbon Street photography

6. Practice on your loved ones


7. Negative space

Golden triangle composition street photography eric kim

Put your subject off-center, and get more black or negative space in your photo!


Composition 101

ERIC KIM X ANNETTE KIM X BAUHAUS REMIX

Master composition for yourself:

Photography Composition Tips

Color Theory

Color wheel theory: Dynamic tension between opposing colors.
Color wheel theory: Dynamic tension between opposing colors. Image from CREATIVE EVERY DAY

Learn From the Masters of Composition

Sergio Larrain Compositions
Sergio Larrain Compositions

Dynamic Photography Composition 101

Leading lines. ERIC KIM DYNAMIC COMPOSITION
Leading lines. ERIC KIM DYNAMIC COMPOSITION

Painting Compositions

Vermeer

Dynamic Photography Composition Tips

Chiaroscuro. DYNAMIC LIGHT AND SHADOW. Hanoi, 2016 by ERIC KIM
Chiaroscuro. DYNAMIC LIGHT AND SHADOW. Hanoi, 2016 by ERIC KIM

Composition Theory

Dynamic low angle composition. Tokyo, 2011 by ERIC KIM
Dynamic low angle composition. Tokyo, 2011 by ERIC KIM

Take your composition to the next level:


Street Photography Composition 101

DYNAMIC REFLECTIONS. Man and three reflections by ERIC KIM
DYNAMIC REFLECTIONS. Man and three reflections by ERIC KIM

For distilled lessons on composition, read the free ebook: “The Street Photography Composition Manual.”

Further articles to improve your compositions in photography:

Composition Theory

Chiaroscuro. DYNAMIC LIGHT AND SHADOW. Hanoi, 2016 by ERIC KIM
Woman and door. Chiaroscuro. DYNAMIC LIGHT AND SHADOW. Hanoi, 2016 by ERIC KIM

Learn compositional theory:


Compositional lessons from the masters of art


Composition lectures


Composition pictures/grids

Eric Kim photography Bauhaus Piet Mondrian


Golden Diagonal Composition

golden diagonal composition
Golden Diagonal Composition / Kyoto Station, 2018