Photographic Composition: A Visual Guide

Abstract

Digital photography has opened the door for everyone to become a photographer, and to discover, enjoy, and record the beauty that surrounds us. no longer is the pursuit of photography mired in the technical. “Point and shoot” is now the equivalent of kodak’s early box camera tagline: “Press the button and we do the rest.” the ease,fun, and satisfaction of truly instant digital photography have made us all photographers: Point, shoot, and share.Although digital technology has simplified the technical aspects of taking photographs, it has done little to help us in the composing of photographs. our book provides guidelines for improv-ing the arrangement of elements in a photograph so as to create a sense of structure and balance. one might think of it this way: composition is to photography as grammar is to writing. Both need structure.