#aesthetics
CUT OUT THE WHITES.
A simple composition thought in photography:
When you're framing, don't include or cut out the whites (bright parts of the frame) when you're shooting.
This works especially well when you're using "live view" on the LCD (shooting high contrast black and white JPEG):
Once again, then photography and composition as a way of SUBTRACTION.
COMPOSITION by KIM
In pursuit of making (greater) compositions!
THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY COMPOSITION
- How to Compose in Photography
WHAT MAKES A GOOD PHOTO? - Creative Focus in Photography
- DISCLARITY
- Study Great Compositions
- Self Study Composition
- The Human Body is Poetry
- How to level-up your own photography composition
- Composition is Everywhere
- Low-Key Photography
- 12 Photography Composition Ideas
- Chiaroscuro in Photography
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
BEAUTIFUL > BEST
Not the best, but the most beautiful?
In life, there are certainly things which are the 'best'. But … what is most beautiful is often not the 'best'. Thus, perhaps best to optimize for beauty … instead of optimizing for the ' best '?
The Philosophy of Aesthetics
- AS DARK AS POSSIBLE (ADAP)
- Depressing or Affirmative Art?
- DISDAIN DETAIL.
- Pragmatism as Anti Aesthetic
- AESTHETICS ARE ALL.
- AESTHETICS ARE THE ULTIMATE LUXURY.
- No Aesthetic is Forever
- Black is Boring
- DARKER IS BETTER.
- We Tire of The Beautiful, but Not of the Ugly?
- Minimalism as an Aesthetic and Ethos
- The Zen of Monochrome
- SIMPLICITY IS THE SUMMIT.
- AESTHETICS OVER FUNCTION
- The Desire to Banish Ugliness from Our Eyes
- Aesthetics Above All
- Simple is Sexy
- Towards a Philosophy of Aesthetics in Photography
- The Philosophy of Aesthetics
- ALL KILLER, NO FILLER.
- The Most Compact and High-Quality
- The Beauty of Imperfection
- TASTE.
- The More Obscure and Unclear, the Better.
- Cultivate Your Own Taste
- 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?
WHAT MAKES A GOOD PHOTO?
What makes photography so fun and interesting to me:
Constantly trying to figure out for myself- what makes a good photo.
Also, always trying to keep photography fun and entertaining to myself by discovering NEW compositions I might have never attempted before, or knew which were possible!
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?
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
Depressing or Affirmative Art?
What makes a certain artist “good” or “bad”? My thought:
Depressing art and depressive artists are bad, affirmative and life-affirming artists are good.
The Philosophy of Aesthetics
- DISDAIN DETAIL.
- Pragmatism as Anti Aesthetic
- AESTHETICS ARE ALL.
- AESTHETICS ARE THE ULTIMATE LUXURY.
- No Aesthetic is Forever
- Black is Boring
- DARKER IS BETTER.
- We Tire of The Beautiful, but Not of the Ugly?
- Minimalism as an Aesthetic and Ethos
- The Zen of Monochrome
- SIMPLICITY IS THE SUMMIT.
- AESTHETICS OVER FUNCTION
- The Desire to Banish Ugliness from Our Eyes
- Aesthetics Above All
- Simple is Sexy
- Towards a Philosophy of Aesthetics in Photography
- The Philosophy of Aesthetics
- ALL KILLER, NO FILLER.
- The Most Compact and High-Quality
- The Beauty of Imperfection
- TASTE.
- The More Obscure and Unclear, the Better.
- Cultivate Your Own Taste
- 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?
Creative Focus in Photography
A simple way to make more creative photo compositions:
Experiment with your focus.
For example focus on what’s closest to you via macro mode, or focus what’s really far away, while getting close to your subject (deep depth, layers in photography).
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?
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
DISDAIN DETAIL.
Perhaps the key to interesting photos and better black and white photos is disdain for detail. Higher contrast and blacks. Crush the blacks. More extreme post processing. RICOH GR III in high contrast black and white JPEG, with maximum contrast. Lower exposure compensation — as dark as possible (ADAP).
The Philosophy of Aesthetics
The Philosophy of Aesthetics
- Pragmatism as Anti Aesthetic
- AESTHETICS ARE ALL.
- AESTHETICS ARE THE ULTIMATE LUXURY.
- No Aesthetic is Forever
- Black is Boring
- DARKER IS BETTER.
- We Tire of The Beautiful, but Not of the Ugly?
- Minimalism as an Aesthetic and Ethos
- The Zen of Monochrome
- SIMPLICITY IS THE SUMMIT.
- AESTHETICS OVER FUNCTION
- The Desire to Banish Ugliness from Our Eyes
- Aesthetics Above All
- Simple is Sexy
- Towards a Philosophy of Aesthetics in Photography
- The Philosophy of Aesthetics
- ALL KILLER, NO FILLER.
- The Most Compact and High-Quality
- The Beauty of Imperfection
- TASTE.
- The More Obscure and Unclear, the Better.
- Cultivate Your Own Taste
- 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?
Pragmatism as Anti Aesthetic
Disregard what’s “pragmatic” in life. What’s pragmatic in life is often ugly and boring. I don’t desire a future where everyone is driving a Prius or a Honda Accord. True aesthetics is flamboyant, impractical and an ethical-aesthetic ideal.
The Philosophy of Aesthetics
The Philosophy of Aesthetics
- AESTHETICS ARE ALL.
AESTHETICS ARE THE ULTIMATE LUXURY. - No Aesthetic is Forever
- Black is Boring
- DARKER IS BETTER.
- We Tire of The Beautiful, but Not of the Ugly?
- Minimalism as an Aesthetic and Ethos
- The Zen of Monochrome
- SIMPLICITY IS THE SUMMIT.
- AESTHETICS OVER FUNCTION
- The Desire to Banish Ugliness from Our Eyes
- Aesthetics Above All
- Simple is Sexy
- Towards a Philosophy of Aesthetics in Photography
- The Philosophy of Aesthetics
- ALL KILLER, NO FILLER.
- The Most Compact and High-Quality
- The Beauty of Imperfection
- TASTE.
- The More Obscure and Unclear, the Better.
- Cultivate Your Own Taste
- 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?
AESTHETICS ARE THE ULTIMATE LUXURY.
It isn't fashion, cars, watches or things we desire… but aesthetics.
And if you think about it, aesthetics are quite 'useless' (most aesthetics don't have a practical or pragmatic utility).
So let us think:
It isn't the thing we want, but the aesthetic associated with it.
And whether you grant yourself this luxury or not is up to you!
ERIC
The Philosophy of Aesthetics
The Philosophy of Aesthetics
- No Aesthetic is Forever
- Black is Boring
- DARKER IS BETTER.
- We Tire of The Beautiful, but Not of the Ugly?
- Minimalism as an Aesthetic and Ethos
- The Zen of Monochrome
- SIMPLICITY IS THE SUMMIT.
- AESTHETICS OVER FUNCTION
- The Desire to Banish Ugliness from Our Eyes
- Aesthetics Above All
- Simple is Sexy
- Towards a Philosophy of Aesthetics in Photography
- The Philosophy of Aesthetics
- ALL KILLER, NO FILLER.
- The Most Compact and High-Quality
- The Beauty of Imperfection
- TASTE.
- The More Obscure and Unclear, the Better.
- Cultivate Your Own Taste
- 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?
Study Great Compositions
Typically from the past. Great cinema — Akira Kurosawa (7 Samurai), classic Renaissance painting (Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael), great photographers (Henri Cartier Bresson, Richard Avedon, Josef Koudelka). Any compositions which inspire you are great.
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
Self Study Composition
Your own photos and those of others:
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
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
"Irrespective of the technological origins of the cinema, the aesthetics of film will do better to base itself on a subjective mode of experience which film resembles and which constitutes its artistic character. A person who, after a year in the city, spends a few weeks in the mountains abstaining from all work, may unexpectedly experience colourful images of landscapes consolingly coming over him or her in dreams or daydreams. These images do not merge into one another in a continuous flow, but are rather set off against each other in the course of their appearance, much like the magic lantern slides of our childhood. It is in the discontinuity of that movement that the images of the interior monologue resemble the phenomenon of writing: the latter similarly moving before our eyes while fixed in its discrete signs. Such movement of interior images may be to film what the visible world is to painting or the acoustic world to music. As the objectifying recreation of this type of experience, film may become art. The technological medium par excellence is thus intimately related to the beauty of nature (tief verwandt dem Naturschönen)."
Text: Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry - Selected Essays on Mass Culture
Image: #mywork
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