Josef Koudelka: one of my photographic heros.
Some of my favorite compositions of his:
1. Filling the frame with balance and dynamism
Elegant filling frame with shadows and visual elements:
Also note these guys:
2. Elbow gestures
3. Arabesque
Curve (arabesque) composition:
4. Tilted frame
Through a car window:
5. Texture
6. Mimicking shapes
7. Simplicity and minimalism
The white space around the black devil dog:
Another example of a tilted frame (Dutch angle) and a sense of scale with the small subjects:
8. Dynamism and life
9. Vertical frame, and shadow figures
10. Include your own limbs in the photo
Famous watch selfie in Prague:
11. Equal spacing with multiple subjects and leading lines
12. Clean background and diagonal lines
13. Shadow legs in “v” shape and obstructed faces
14. Three subjects walking away, one dog walking towards us
Also great spacing with the subjects:
15. Layers and shadows
16. Filling the frame, hand gestures and dynamism
17. The road less traveled
