The Human Body is Poetry
My joy of photographing bodies (legs, feet, bodies, torsos, hands, faces) is this:
The human body is pure poetry.
COMPOSITION by KIM
In pursuit of making (greater) compositions!
THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY COMPOSITION
VIRTUAL REALITY COMPOSITION
The Game of Composition
- Photography Image Selection/Editing Technique: Choose Photos You Want to Draw Composition Over
- Photography and Planes: Composition
- HOW ERIC KIM STUDIES COMPOSITION
- Photography Composition Techniques
- Beyond “Clever” and Ironic Photos
- How to Be More Creatively Innovative with Your Compositions as a Photographer
- How to See in Layers
- Video Street Photography Composition Lesson by ERIC KIM (4K)
- How I Analyze My Photos
- The Game of Composition
- Why I Like to Shoot Layered Street Photography Compositions
- Composition and Decomposition: Construct and Deconstruct Great Art
Technical compositions
- Circle Photography Composition Technique
- Wavy/Wave Composition
- ERIC KIM Photography Composition Techniques
- How to Stress Test Your Photos
- Bounding Boxes for Photography Composition
Composition Studies
- Helmut Newton Photography Composition Studies
- W. Eugene Smith Composition Studies
- PDF: ERIC KIM Photography Composition Studies
- PDF: Josef Koudelka Photography Composition Studies
- PDF: Richard Avedon Photography Composition Studies
- PDF: Henri Cartier-Bresson Photography Composition Studies
Philosophy of Composition
Henri Cartier-Bresson Composition Simplified
- How to Teach Yourself Composition in Photography
- Striving to Discover New Compositions in Photography
- Off-Center Composition
- Why I Love Composition
- Philosophy of Composition
- More Dynamic Photos, More Powerful Photos!
Aesthetics
- Image Quality and Great Photos
- Imperfect Photos are More Beautiful
- Do you photograph the world better, the same, or worse than reality? #aesthetics
- Aesthetics are Ethics
- Beauty over Truth #philosophy #aesthetics
- Philosophy of Aesthetics and Beauty in Photography
- Aesthetics in Photography
- Aesthetics Strengthen, Simplify, and Focus
- Not better image quality; more beautiful aesthetics!
- Why Aesthetics?
Master composition for yourself:
Photography Composition Concepts
- Outline Photography Composition
- Re-Interpret your Photos
- Visual Gist
- Dynamic Composition
- 10 Tips How to Work Your Compositions in Photography
- Composition for the Sake of Composition
- The Gaussian Blur Test
- How to Teach Yourself Photography Composition
- Composition vs Aesthetics in Photography
- 10 Simple Composition Tips to Make Better Photos
- How to Compose a Photograph
- Edge Detection Photography Composition
- Vector (Arrow) Photography Composition
- Clear and Obscure (Chiaroscuro) Photography Composition
Street Photography Composition Tips
Tokyo, 2017
- 7 Street Photography Composition Tips
The Superman Low Angle Perspective Photography Composition Effect - High Angle Perspective Street Photography Composition Technique
- How to Shoot Low Angle Perspective Street Photography Composition Technique
Photography Composition Tips
- 5 Photography Composition Ideas
- How to Photograph Motion
- Photography Composition: Which Direction is Your Subject Looking?
- Blocking Technique in Photography
- How to Shoot a Triangle Photography Composition
- How to shoot a golden triangle composition in street photography
- 8 Simple Curve Composition Tips
- 5 Simple Henri Cartier-Bresson Composition Tips
- Foot Zoom
- Photography Composition: Light and Dark
- Street Photography Composition Lesson #16: Scale
- Shape, Arrangement, Position (S.A.P.) and Contour, Inter-Contact, Position (C.I.A.) in Photography
- 10 Tips How to Fill the Frame in Photography
- Look Up! 16 Photography Composition Perspective Tips
- 5 Simple Street Photography Composition Tips
- Depth Perception
- Golden Angle Composition in Street Photography
- Photographer as an "Arranging Artist"
- Dynamic Off-Center Street Photography Compositions
- 5 Essential Composition Tips in Photography
Color Theory
Color wheel theory: Dynamic tension between opposing colors. Image from CREATIVE EVERY DAY
- Red and Green Composition Color Theory For Photographers
- The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Color Photography
- Opponent Process Color Theory For Photographers
- Color Theory For Photographers
- Color Manual
- How to Shoot Color Street Photography
Learn From the Masters of Composition
- 10 Lessons Matisse Can Teach You About Art and Life
- Henri Cartier-Bresson Composition
- 10 Timeless Lessons Edward Weston Can Teach You About Photography
- 10 Inspirational Sergio Larrain Compositions
- 5 Henri Cartier-Bresson Photography Composition Lessons
Dynamic Photography Composition 101
Leading lines. ERIC KIM DYNAMIC COMPOSITION
- Introduction to Dynamic Photography Composition
- How to Visually Analyze Your Photography Compositions
- Dynamic Tension: Opponent Based Theory For Photography
- Opponent Process Color Theory For Photographers
- Dynamic Photography Composition 101: Figure to Ground
Painting Compositions
Vermeer
Dynamic Photography Composition Tips
Chiaroscuro. DYNAMIC LIGHT AND SHADOW. Hanoi, 2016 by ERIC KIM
- 7 Simple Photography Composition Tips
- How to Make Aggressive Photography Compositions
- 10 Dynamic Photography Composition Tips
- How to Make More Dynamic Picture Compositions
- Unorthodox Photography Composition Techniques
- Deconstructed: Saigon Eric Kim Photos
Composition Theory
Dynamic low angle composition. Tokyo, 2011 by ERIC KIM
Take your composition to the next level:
- Gestalt Theory
- Juxtaposition
- Center Eye
- Low-Angle
- Dutch Angle
- Deep Depth
- Spacing
- Silhouette
- Leading Lines
- Figure to Ground
- Fibonacci Spiral
- Cropping
- Emotion
- Composition by Eric Kim
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 Lesson #1: Triangles
- Composition Lesson #2: Figure-to-ground
- Composition Lesson #3: Diagonals
- Composition Lesson #4: Leading Lines
- Composition Lesson #5: Depth
- Composition Lesson #6: Framing
- Composition Lesson #7: Perspective
- Composition Lesson #8: Curves
- Composition Lesson #9: Self-Portraits
- Composition Lesson #10: Urban Landscapes
- Composition Lesson #11: “Spot the not”
- Composition Lesson #12: Color Theory
- Composition Lesson #13: Multiple-Subjects
- Composition Lesson #14: Square Format
Composition Theory
Woman and door. Chiaroscuro. DYNAMIC LIGHT AND SHADOW. Hanoi, 2016 by ERIC KIM
Learn compositional theory:
- Why is Composition Important?
- Don't Think About Composition When You're Shooting Street Photography
- How to Use Negative Space
- Street Photography Composition 101
- The Theory of Composition in Street Photography: 7 Lessons from Henri Cartier-Bresson
Compositional lessons from the masters of art
Composition lectures
Composition pictures/grids
Golden Diagonal Composition
Golden Diagonal Composition / Kyoto Station, 2018
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