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How to Be More Creatively Innovative with Your Compositions as a Photographer

by ERIC KIMAugust 31, 2020August 31, 2020

cross door frame cindy composition

Just experiment and have fun:

1. Cover the eyes of your subject with an object or thing in the background

For example the door frame covering Cindy’s eyes; making the photos more surreal. And while shooting keep shooting and figure it out as you go.

2. Keep working the angles

When you see something you find interesting, just keep shooting it. And keep working at it from all the different angles.

3. Don’t center your subject

Allow yourself to photograph your subject off-kilter; put your subject a bit away from the center. Either the far left or right.

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The Game of Composition

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Technical compositions

Composition Studies

Philosophy of Composition

Henri Cartier-Bresson Composition Simplified GIF — Henri Cartier-Bresson Composition Simplified

Aesthetics

Downtown LA, 2015 (shot on a Ricoh GR with the fixed-focal 28mm lens)

Master composition for yourself:

Photography Composition Concepts

Street Photography Composition Tips

Tokyo, 2017

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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

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Painting Compositions

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

Composition Theory

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

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:

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golden diagonal composition — Golden Diagonal Composition / Kyoto Station, 2018