Take Beautiful Photos - photographic composition and art course
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01 - Welcome and overview ...
Welcome
02 - Here's where you begin to train your artist's eye
A different approach
03 - What is your subject? Answering that guides everything else
Know what you're photographing
04 - A simple photo is a strong photo
Keep it simple
05 - Contrast and color
Use contrast and color to enhance your subject
06 - Foreground, midground, background
Three photo spaces to consider
07 - Using the image space effectively
Rule of thirds
08 - Symmetry
Using symmetry for artistic effect
09 - Asymmetry
Using asymmetry for artistic effect
10 - Horizontal lines
The emotional impact of horizontal lines
11 - Vertical lines
The emotional impact of vertical lines
12 - Oblique lines
Obliques lines bring a sense of motion
13 - S-curved lines
S-curved lines can guide the eye
14 - Dominance
Use dominance to give your subject more weight
15 - Drama
Some ways to add drama to an image
16 - Harmony
When every element of your image works together, that's harmony
17 - Assembling the stage
The mental work that will make your shoot go more smoothly
18 - Where to go from here ...
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11 - Vertical lines
11 - Vertical lines
Take Beautiful Photos - photographic composition and art course
Buy now
Learn more
01 - Welcome and overview ...
Welcome
02 - Here's where you begin to train your artist's eye
A different approach
03 - What is your subject? Answering that guides everything else
Know what you're photographing
04 - A simple photo is a strong photo
Keep it simple
05 - Contrast and color
Use contrast and color to enhance your subject
06 - Foreground, midground, background
Three photo spaces to consider
07 - Using the image space effectively
Rule of thirds
08 - Symmetry
Using symmetry for artistic effect
09 - Asymmetry
Using asymmetry for artistic effect
10 - Horizontal lines
The emotional impact of horizontal lines
11 - Vertical lines
The emotional impact of vertical lines
12 - Oblique lines
Obliques lines bring a sense of motion
13 - S-curved lines
S-curved lines can guide the eye
14 - Dominance
Use dominance to give your subject more weight
15 - Drama
Some ways to add drama to an image
16 - Harmony
When every element of your image works together, that's harmony
17 - Assembling the stage
The mental work that will make your shoot go more smoothly
18 - Where to go from here ...
Explore our next course
Vertical lines - the ones running top to bottom across an image - can be unsettling.
1 Lesson
The emotional impact of vertical lines