How to Compose a Photograph
The second article by Alain Briot in a series of nine looks at the tricky subject of how to compose a photograph.
“Composing a good photograph is not easy. Teaching others how to create interesting compositions is even harder. In fact, composition is one of the most difficult areas of photography or of any visual art for that matter, so much so that my teacher, Scott McLeay, refused to teach composition. His only ?guidance? in this matter was brief and succinct. He would simply explain that, in regard to composing a photograph, ?each part of the image is equally important.?”