The Enthusiast’s Guide to Composition: 48 Photographic Principles You Need to Know

Introduction

Enthusiast’s Guide Composition

THE ENTHUSIAST’S GUIDE TO COMPOSITION
48 Photographic Principles You Need to Know
Khara Plicanic

If youre a passionate photographer and youre ready to take your work to the next level, The Enthusiasts Guide book series was created just for you. Whether youre diving head first into a new topic or exploring a classic theme, Enthusiasts Guides are designed to help you quickly learn more about a topic or subject so that you can improve your photography. These handy books dont waste your time covering all the photography basics you already know. Instead, they build on that knowledge so you can quickly advance your photography skills.

The Enthusiasts Guide to Composition: 48 Photographic Principles You Need to Know addresses what you need to know in order to shoot great images with powerful compositions. Chapters are broken down into a series of numbered lessons, with each lesson providing all you need to improve your photography. Divided into nine chapters that include 48 photographic lessons to help you create strong compositions, photographer and author Khara Plicanic covers lens selection, light, color, lines, movement, and more. Example lessons include:

2. Consider the Rule of Thirds
5. Make Things Pop with Contrast
9. Find a Frame Within the Frame
11. Add Depth with Foreground
21. Keep an Eye on the Sky
26. Setting the Scene
33. Go Get the Shot
36. Make Sense of Maximum Aperture
40. Finding (or Making) Soft Light
48. Cull Like a Pro

Written in a friendly and approachable manner and illustrated with examples that drive home each lesson, The Enthusiasts Guide to Composition is designed to be effective and efficient, friendly and fun. Read an entire chapter at once, or read just one topic at a time. With either approach, youll quickly learn a lot so you can head out with your camera to capture great shots.