Mastering Photo Composition | Free Online Photography Course
Learn everything you need to know about good photo composition and how to use your camera settings effectively to get that perfect shot.
This free online course about understanding photo composition will empower you to master one of the most important aspects of photography – composition. A compelling photo composition will guide your viewer’s eyes through the photographs and give relevance to the subject of your scene in relation to the rest of the image. This course will show you how to master the art of composition without relying on photo editors.
What You Will Learn In This Free Course
Basics of Photo Composition
What is photo composition and how can you achieve a strong composition in your images? In this module, we are going to learn techniques that we can incorporate to achieve a strong photo composition while keeping it simple and filling our image frames to produce a captivating beautiful photo composition.
Photo Position and Angle
Can you tell the difference between portrait and landscape photos? Do you know how to set your camera to capture these images from these angles? We are going to learn how to use leading lines to channel our viewers’ eyes to exactly where we want them to go. We will also learn how to use Dutch tilt to achieve dramatic effects on our images.
Background, Colors and Additional Tips
Often times we tend to focus mainly on our subject when we are shooting without paying attention to the background which plays a key role in the composition of our images. In this module, we are going to learn how to have total control of our background with the right depth of field and creatively beautify our composition by adding colors.
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