Table of Contents
How to Use This Book to Create Amazing Photos
PART ONE: FUNDAMENTAL COMPOSITION GUIDES AND TOOLS
1.Framing: Put an Edge around It
7.Leading Lines Direct Attention
8.Diagonal Lines Can Add Movement, Interest, and Vitality.
9.Symmetry Can Delight the Eye
10.Capturing the Decisive Moment
11.Punctuation Points In your Photographs
12.Capture a Gesture at the “Decisive Moment”
13.Angles Are Like an Author’s Choice of Words
14.Viewpoint: How You See Your Subject
15.Steelyard Composition Is Balanced
22.The Golden Ratio Proportions
23.S-Curve Composition Leads the Eye Gracefully
24.Circular or “O” Composition Invites the Eye to Stay Within
25.U-Composition Invites You to Look Within
26.Triangle Composition Provides Stability and Strength
27.Radiating Lines Lead to the Center of Interest
28.Cross Composition and Eye Movement
30.Find Contrast In Your Image
31.Fill the Frame by Getting Close to Your Subjects
32.Pull Back to Capture the Story
33.Place Dominant Eye in the Center of Photo
34.Use Color as a Powerful Composition Tool
PART TWO: COMPOSITION LINES THAT CONVEY MOODS IN YOUR IMAGE
Mood Lines Convey Feelings or States of Mind
44.Tenuous, uncertain, wavering
45.The vertical—noble, dramatic, inspirational, aspiring