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The Art of Composition
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Tips and Techniques
5 Myths About Composition (Video)
5 Myths About Dynamic Symmetry
5 Simply Awesome Free Downloads
7 Products for Photographers That Aren't Worth the Time or Money
10 Points on Dynamic Symmetry
11 Reasons Why Dynamic Symmetry Might Never Become Popular With Photographers
15 Facts About Dynamic Symmetry and Composition in Art
15 Myths About Composition in Art and Photography
About This Website
A Closer Look at the Rule of Thirds
Adding the Human Element to Your Landscape Photographs
Aerial Perspective
A Landscape Oil Painting Designed Using Dynamic Symmetry by Dot Bunn
A Master's Ideology on Camera Grids and Composition
Arabesque
Are Camera Design Grids Necessary for Photography?
Armature of the Rectangle (Video)
A Simple Application of Dynamic Symmetry (Examples)
Aspective View
Balance by Isolation
Balance in Composition
Breathing Room
Bringing the 1.5 Rectangle Into the Golden Section System of Design
Camera Grids for the Beginner
Circular Composition
Classical Balance
Coincidences
Composite Photography vs. Straight Photography
Creating the Root Rectangles Within a Square
Determining Grid Structure
Determining Proportion
Dutch Angle
Echoing
Edge Distractions
Edge Elements That Work
Ellipses
Enclosures
Entrance Into a Composition
Exiting out of a Composition
Figure-Ground Relationship
Framing Within a Frame
Gamut
Gamut in Composition (Video)
Gazing Direction
Greatest Area of Contrast
Greatest Area of Contrast (Video)
Henri Cartier-Bresson and the 1.5 Rectangle
Henri Cartier-Bresson (Etching the Dynamic Symmetry Grid)
Henri Cartier-Bresson - Setting the Scene
Hierarchy
Horizontal vs. Vertical
How Many Photographs to Take of a Scene
How to Create a Design That Has Theme, Variation, and Harmony for Any Size Rectangle
How to Create a Root Phi Rectangle
Juxtaposition
Learning How to Analyze Drawings, Paintings, and Photographs
Michel Jacobs on Portrait Painting Using Dynamic Symmetry
My Process for Photographing
My Thoughts on Creativity and Camera Grids for the Professional Photographer
Negative Shapes
Notional Space
Overlapping
Photograph Kids Being Kids
Placing One Eye Center
Pointing Devices
Points of Interest in a Design Grid
Practicing Dynamic Symmetry Techniques at Museums
Rabatment in Composition
Radiating Lines
Separating Elements
Simultaneous Contrast
Steelyard Principle
Subdivision of Root Rectangles
The 14 Line Armature and the Rule of Thirds Grid
The 14 Line Armature (Video)
The Art of Composition (Introduction)
The Baroque, Sinister, and Reciprocal Diagonal Lines
The Charles Bouleau Armature vs. The Root Rectangle Armature
The Decisive Moment - by Henri Cartier-Bresson
The Golden Section and the Phi Ratio (1.618)
The Importance of a Thumbnail Image
The Importance of the Armature of the Rectangle
The Painter's Secret Geometry
The Phi Rectangle (1.618) vs. The 1.5 Rectangle
The Problem With the Rule of Odds
The Root 2 Dynamic Symmetry Rectangle vs. The 1.5 Rectangle
The Use of Straight Lines
The Vertical, Horizontal, and Diagonal Line
Two Methods of Design
Using Dynamic Symmetry to Crop Photographs
Vertical and Horizontal Balance
What is Artistic Style?
What Is Classical Skill-Based Design?
Why Compose?
Why Design Grids Are Important for Learning Composition
Why the Background is Just as Important as the Subject
90 Degree Angles
Design for Photographers
FAQs
Dynamic Symmetry Grids
Recommendations
Artists
>
Christopher Anderson
Keliy Anderson-Staley
Michael John Angel
George Angelini
Denise Antaya
Juliette Aristides
Eric Armusik
Eve Arnold
Anna-Brith Arnsten
Olivia Arthur
Steven Assael
Igor V. Babailov
Anna Rose Bain
Garin Baker
Allan R. Banks
Micha Bar-Am
Bruno Barbey
Colleen Barry
Elizabeth Beard
Alan Merris Bell
Julie Bell
Jonas Bendiksen
Ian Berry
Gulay Berryman
Werner Bischof
Kirsten Leah Bitzer
Matt Black
Sarah Blesener
David Michael Bowers
Roger Dale Brown
Paul S. Brown
Mary Ross Buchholz
Kristie Bruzenak
Nadir Bucan
Dot Bunn
Scott Burdick
René Burri
John Buxton
Antoine Bruy
Svetlana Cameron
Dario Campanile
Enri Canaj
Cornell Capa
Robert Capa
Louis Carr
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Chien-Chi Chang
Turjoy Chowdhury
Jacob Collins
Mary Jane Q Cross
David Andrew Nishita Cheifetz
Antoine d'Agata
Carla D'aguanno
Marcos Damascena
Bruce Davidson
Carl De Keyzer
Jon deMartin
Raymond Depardon
Bieke Depoorter
Stephanie Deshpande
Patrick Devonas
Paul P D'Haese
Marina Dieul
Shaun Downey
Carolyn Drake
Thomas Dworzak
Nikos Economopoulos
Virgil Elliott
Megan K. Euell
Philippe Faraut
Louise Feneley
Faripour Forouhar
Martine Franck
Stuart Franklin
Leonard Freed
Thomas Freteur
Joke Frima
Paul Fusco
Tina Garrett
Gilberto Geraldo
Daniel Gerhartz
Bruce Gilden
Max Ginsberg
Stephen Gjertson
Burt Glinn
Jim Goldberg
Arina Gordienko
Adrian Gottlieb
David Gray
Daniel Graves
Daniel E. Greene
Philip Jones Griffiths
Harry Gruyaert
Jean Guamy
James Gurney
Clark Gussin
Mandy Hallenius
Philippe Halsman
Gordon Hanley
David Hardy
Price Harrison
George Hartley
Christine Hartman
Erich Hartmann
David Alan Harvey
Seth Haverkamp
Jeff Hein
Tim Hetherington
Ron Hicks
Greg Hildebrandt
Thomas Hoepker
Sohrab Hura
David Hurn
Maureen Hyde
Jason Patrick Jenkins
Richard Kalvar
Svetlana Kanyo
Thomas Kegler
Michael Vince Kim
Michael Klein
Josef Koudelka
Wang Kun
Alain Laboile
Sarah Lamb
Joshua LaRock
Bryan Larsen
Urban Larsson
Herman Leonard
Robert Liberace
He Lihuai
Edward Little
Jeremy Lipking
Vivian Maier
Sally Mann
Constantine Manos
Diana Markosian
Steve McCurry
Sydney McGinley
Sherrie McGraw
Susan Meiselas
Terje Adler Mork
Karen Offutt
Graydon Parrish
Christopher Parrott
Leszek Piotrowski
Denise Pollack
Aleksi Poutanen
Christopher Pugliese
Julio Reyes
Lissa Rivera
Cristina García Rodero
Sergio Roffo
Cesar Santos
David Saxe
Nelson Shanks
Jordan Sokol
Viktoria Sorochinski
Paweł Starzec
Victoria Steel
Adrienne Stein
Gwendolyn Stine
Dennis Stock
Vicki Sullivan
Carol Lee Thompson
Dan Thompson
Larry Towell
Hsin-Yao Tseng
Boris Vallejo
James Van Fossan
Jeffrey R. Watts
Patricia Watwood
Alex Webb
Morgan Weistling
Shane Wolf
Anna Wypych
Robert Zeller
Kailin Zhao
Doug Zider
Books
>
Classical Drawing Atelier - Introduction
Classical Painting Atelier - Introduction
Colour Control
Geometry of Design - Introduction
Lessons in Classical Drawing - Introduction
Lessons in Classical Painting - Introduction
Perspective Made Easy
Pictorial Composition: An Introduction
Portrait Painting Atelier: Old Master Techniques and Contemporary Applications
The Art of Photography
The Camera
The Classic Point of View
The Classic Point of View (Free Copy)
The Essence of Photography: Seeing and Creativity
The Painter's Secret Geometry - Introduction
The Print
The Negative
Other Recommended Books
>
Limelight
The Modern Century - Henri Cartier-Bresson
The Rape of the Masters: How Political Correctness Sabotages Art
Websites
>
Art Renewal Center
Da Vinci Initiative
LensCulture
Magnum Photos
PragerU
The Golden Divider for the Arts
Videos
Articles and Videos
3 Reasons Why Most Photography Workshops Aren't Worth the Money
5 Approaches to Composition in Photography (And Why They Won't Teach You Anything About Design)
5 Books Every Photographer Should Have (Video)
5 Tips For Surviving a Photography Portfolio Review
An Email Addressing the Practical Use of Dynamic Symmetry in Art
Art Can't Be Taught?
Art Speak
Artist Robert Florczak: Classical Ideals Give Culture Depth
Camera Gear - Why I Shoot With a Leica
Camera Grids - Not a Tool for the Skilled Photographer
Composition 101: Starting With the Basics
Composition Can't Be Taught?
Composition Should Always Come First
Consistency, Persistence, and Talent
Dynamic Symmetry and Wildlife
Dynamic Symmetry for Photographers
Dynamic Symmetry and Henri Cartier-Bresson
Everyone's a Photographer
Feeling and Genius in Modern Art
Film vs. Digital
Great Compositions: Alfred Eisenstaedt
If Myron Barnstone Can't Do It, Why Do You Think You Can?
Intuition in Composition (Master Artists)
Intuitive Knowledge in Composition (Master Photographers)
Intuition in Composition: A Topic I Will Never Debate
Is Photography Art?
It's No Longer About Sales
Kenyon Cox on Modern Art and Composition
Learning the Rules of Composition and Then Breaking Them
Marketing vs. Real World Experience
Michel Jacobs on Rules and Laws in Composition
Misunderstanding the Decisive Moment
My Experience With Myron Barnstone
Practice Doesn't Always Guarantee Success
The Art of Seeing and Visual Literacy
The Art of Selection
The Atelier Approach to Art Education
The Armature of the Rectangle
The Da Vinci Initiative
The Difference Between a Fine Art Print and a Work of Art
The Gap Between Photography and Art
The Number One Reason Why a Work of Art Will Fail
The Place of Photography in Fine Art
What Are the Benefits of Atelier Training?
Why I Let Others Advertise for Me
Why Is Modern Art So Bad? (Video)
Why I Wrote a User's Guide for Artists and Photographers
Why Your Feelings Don't Matter
Art Highlights
Products
Leica Camera Mug
Contact
Home
About/Gallery
What is Dynamic Symmetry?
Podcasts
The Art of Composition
Consultation Services
30 Minute Phone Consultation
60 Minute Phone Consultation
Workshop Certification
Tips and Techniques
5 Myths About Composition (Video)
5 Myths About Dynamic Symmetry
5 Simply Awesome Free Downloads
7 Products for Photographers That Aren't Worth the Time or Money
10 Points on Dynamic Symmetry
11 Reasons Why Dynamic Symmetry Might Never Become Popular With Photographers
15 Facts About Dynamic Symmetry and Composition in Art
15 Myths About Composition in Art and Photography
About This Website
A Closer Look at the Rule of Thirds
Adding the Human Element to Your Landscape Photographs
Aerial Perspective
A Landscape Oil Painting Designed Using Dynamic Symmetry by Dot Bunn
A Master's Ideology on Camera Grids and Composition
Arabesque
Are Camera Design Grids Necessary for Photography?
Armature of the Rectangle (Video)
A Simple Application of Dynamic Symmetry (Examples)
Aspective View
Balance by Isolation
Balance in Composition
Breathing Room
Bringing the 1.5 Rectangle Into the Golden Section System of Design
Camera Grids for the Beginner
Circular Composition
Classical Balance
Coincidences
Composite Photography vs. Straight Photography
Creating the Root Rectangles Within a Square
Determining Grid Structure
Determining Proportion
Dutch Angle
Echoing
Edge Distractions
Edge Elements That Work
Ellipses
Enclosures
Entrance Into a Composition
Exiting out of a Composition
Figure-Ground Relationship
Framing Within a Frame
Gamut
Gamut in Composition (Video)
Gazing Direction
Greatest Area of Contrast
Greatest Area of Contrast (Video)
Henri Cartier-Bresson and the 1.5 Rectangle
Henri Cartier-Bresson (Etching the Dynamic Symmetry Grid)
Henri Cartier-Bresson - Setting the Scene
Hierarchy
Horizontal vs. Vertical
How Many Photographs to Take of a Scene
How to Create a Design That Has Theme, Variation, and Harmony for Any Size Rectangle
How to Create a Root Phi Rectangle
Juxtaposition
Learning How to Analyze Drawings, Paintings, and Photographs
Michel Jacobs on Portrait Painting Using Dynamic Symmetry
My Process for Photographing
My Thoughts on Creativity and Camera Grids for the Professional Photographer
Negative Shapes
Notional Space
Overlapping
Photograph Kids Being Kids
Placing One Eye Center
Pointing Devices
Points of Interest in a Design Grid
Practicing Dynamic Symmetry Techniques at Museums
Rabatment in Composition
Radiating Lines
Separating Elements
Simultaneous Contrast
Steelyard Principle
Subdivision of Root Rectangles
The 14 Line Armature and the Rule of Thirds Grid
The 14 Line Armature (Video)
The Art of Composition (Introduction)
The Baroque, Sinister, and Reciprocal Diagonal Lines
The Charles Bouleau Armature vs. The Root Rectangle Armature
The Decisive Moment - by Henri Cartier-Bresson
The Golden Section and the Phi Ratio (1.618)
The Importance of a Thumbnail Image
The Importance of the Armature of the Rectangle
The Painter's Secret Geometry
The Phi Rectangle (1.618) vs. The 1.5 Rectangle
The Problem With the Rule of Odds
The Root 2 Dynamic Symmetry Rectangle vs. The 1.5 Rectangle
The Use of Straight Lines
The Vertical, Horizontal, and Diagonal Line
Two Methods of Design
Using Dynamic Symmetry to Crop Photographs
Vertical and Horizontal Balance
What is Artistic Style?
What Is Classical Skill-Based Design?
Why Compose?
Why Design Grids Are Important for Learning Composition
Why the Background is Just as Important as the Subject
90 Degree Angles
Design for Photographers
FAQs
Dynamic Symmetry Grids
Recommendations
Artists
>
Christopher Anderson
Keliy Anderson-Staley
Michael John Angel
George Angelini
Denise Antaya
Juliette Aristides
Eric Armusik
Eve Arnold
Anna-Brith Arnsten
Olivia Arthur
Steven Assael
Igor V. Babailov
Anna Rose Bain
Garin Baker
Allan R. Banks
Micha Bar-Am
Bruno Barbey
Colleen Barry
Elizabeth Beard
Alan Merris Bell
Julie Bell
Jonas Bendiksen
Ian Berry
Gulay Berryman
Werner Bischof
Kirsten Leah Bitzer
Matt Black
Sarah Blesener
David Michael Bowers
Roger Dale Brown
Paul S. Brown
Mary Ross Buchholz
Kristie Bruzenak
Nadir Bucan
Dot Bunn
Scott Burdick
René Burri
John Buxton
Antoine Bruy
Svetlana Cameron
Dario Campanile
Enri Canaj
Cornell Capa
Robert Capa
Louis Carr
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Chien-Chi Chang
Turjoy Chowdhury
Jacob Collins
Mary Jane Q Cross
David Andrew Nishita Cheifetz
Antoine d'Agata
Carla D'aguanno
Marcos Damascena
Bruce Davidson
Carl De Keyzer
Jon deMartin
Raymond Depardon
Bieke Depoorter
Stephanie Deshpande
Patrick Devonas
Paul P D'Haese
Marina Dieul
Shaun Downey
Carolyn Drake
Thomas Dworzak
Nikos Economopoulos
Virgil Elliott
Megan K. Euell
Philippe Faraut
Louise Feneley
Faripour Forouhar
Martine Franck
Stuart Franklin
Leonard Freed
Thomas Freteur
Joke Frima
Paul Fusco
Tina Garrett
Gilberto Geraldo
Daniel Gerhartz
Bruce Gilden
Max Ginsberg
Stephen Gjertson
Burt Glinn
Jim Goldberg
Arina Gordienko
Adrian Gottlieb
David Gray
Daniel Graves
Daniel E. Greene
Philip Jones Griffiths
Harry Gruyaert
Jean Guamy
James Gurney
Clark Gussin
Mandy Hallenius
Philippe Halsman
Gordon Hanley
David Hardy
Price Harrison
George Hartley
Christine Hartman
Erich Hartmann
David Alan Harvey
Seth Haverkamp
Jeff Hein
Tim Hetherington
Ron Hicks
Greg Hildebrandt
Thomas Hoepker
Sohrab Hura
David Hurn
Maureen Hyde
Jason Patrick Jenkins
Richard Kalvar
Svetlana Kanyo
Thomas Kegler
Michael Vince Kim
Michael Klein
Josef Koudelka
Wang Kun
Alain Laboile
Sarah Lamb
Joshua LaRock
Bryan Larsen
Urban Larsson
Herman Leonard
Robert Liberace
He Lihuai
Edward Little
Jeremy Lipking
Vivian Maier
Sally Mann
Constantine Manos
Diana Markosian
Steve McCurry
Sydney McGinley
Sherrie McGraw
Susan Meiselas
Terje Adler Mork
Karen Offutt
Graydon Parrish
Christopher Parrott
Leszek Piotrowski
Denise Pollack
Aleksi Poutanen
Christopher Pugliese
Julio Reyes
Lissa Rivera
Cristina García Rodero
Sergio Roffo
Cesar Santos
David Saxe
Nelson Shanks
Jordan Sokol
Viktoria Sorochinski
Paweł Starzec
Victoria Steel
Adrienne Stein
Gwendolyn Stine
Dennis Stock
Vicki Sullivan
Carol Lee Thompson
Dan Thompson
Larry Towell
Hsin-Yao Tseng
Boris Vallejo
James Van Fossan
Jeffrey R. Watts
Patricia Watwood
Alex Webb
Morgan Weistling
Shane Wolf
Anna Wypych
Robert Zeller
Kailin Zhao
Doug Zider
Books
>
Classical Drawing Atelier - Introduction
Classical Painting Atelier - Introduction
Colour Control
Geometry of Design - Introduction
Lessons in Classical Drawing - Introduction
Lessons in Classical Painting - Introduction
Perspective Made Easy
Pictorial Composition: An Introduction
Portrait Painting Atelier: Old Master Techniques and Contemporary Applications
The Art of Photography
The Camera
The Classic Point of View
The Classic Point of View (Free Copy)
The Essence of Photography: Seeing and Creativity
The Painter's Secret Geometry - Introduction
The Print
The Negative
Other Recommended Books
>
Limelight
The Modern Century - Henri Cartier-Bresson
The Rape of the Masters: How Political Correctness Sabotages Art
Websites
>
Art Renewal Center
Da Vinci Initiative
LensCulture
Magnum Photos
PragerU
The Golden Divider for the Arts
Videos
Articles and Videos
3 Reasons Why Most Photography Workshops Aren't Worth the Money
5 Approaches to Composition in Photography (And Why They Won't Teach You Anything About Design)
5 Books Every Photographer Should Have (Video)
5 Tips For Surviving a Photography Portfolio Review
An Email Addressing the Practical Use of Dynamic Symmetry in Art
Art Can't Be Taught?
Art Speak
Artist Robert Florczak: Classical Ideals Give Culture Depth
Camera Gear - Why I Shoot With a Leica
Camera Grids - Not a Tool for the Skilled Photographer
Composition 101: Starting With the Basics
Composition Can't Be Taught?
Composition Should Always Come First
Consistency, Persistence, and Talent
Dynamic Symmetry and Wildlife
Dynamic Symmetry for Photographers
Dynamic Symmetry and Henri Cartier-Bresson
Everyone's a Photographer
Feeling and Genius in Modern Art
Film vs. Digital
Great Compositions: Alfred Eisenstaedt
If Myron Barnstone Can't Do It, Why Do You Think You Can?
Intuition in Composition (Master Artists)
Intuitive Knowledge in Composition (Master Photographers)
Intuition in Composition: A Topic I Will Never Debate
Is Photography Art?
It's No Longer About Sales
Kenyon Cox on Modern Art and Composition
Learning the Rules of Composition and Then Breaking Them
Marketing vs. Real World Experience
Michel Jacobs on Rules and Laws in Composition
Misunderstanding the Decisive Moment
My Experience With Myron Barnstone
Practice Doesn't Always Guarantee Success
The Art of Seeing and Visual Literacy
The Art of Selection
The Atelier Approach to Art Education
The Armature of the Rectangle
The Da Vinci Initiative
The Difference Between a Fine Art Print and a Work of Art
The Gap Between Photography and Art
The Number One Reason Why a Work of Art Will Fail
The Place of Photography in Fine Art
What Are the Benefits of Atelier Training?
Why I Let Others Advertise for Me
Why Is Modern Art So Bad? (Video)
Why I Wrote a User's Guide for Artists and Photographers
Why Your Feelings Don't Matter
Art Highlights
Products
Leica Camera Mug
Contact