Free Photography Lessons, Part 2: Composition

I gladly offer this basic, 5-part series of photography lessons FOR FREE! Our world has become increasingly visual in the way we communicate. We not only take more pictures, we show them, send them and display them to more eyes than ever before. Wouldn't it be nice to capture and show better pictures?

In this series, I get us thinking about...

1. How to tell a story with our photographs by understanding the 4 dimensions associated with the art.

2. The basic elements of "composing" our photographic story. How do we put things in our viewfinders so people get the essence of that moment that inspired us.

3. Understanding exposure, light and color and how they combine to say what we want.

4. How lens choice and operation effects focus and how focus effects what we show in our photos

5. The people in our photographs and the people we are showing them to.

Please enjoy these lessons. They're not meant to be comprehensive and their not meant to be exhaustive or advanced. That doesn't mean I don't encourage any questions you might want to post for either me to try to answer or anyone else who comes along.

Please, be kind, helpful and enjoy.

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• photography
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• lessons
• cameras
• pictures
• digital
• film
• lenses
• art
• composition
• light
• color
• focus
• exposure
• web
• publish

[aerozg]

Nice video, thanks for sharing, just what i was looking for. Your voice narration also sounds professional, are you a trained actor? Cheers

[Jimbacsi]

@aerozg, no, but I'm willing to be paid like one! ;)

[TzumB]

Great video, thanks!

I'd really like to see that last fish-eye boat picture large! The distortion on the 'globe' looks amazing! Could i maybe get a link to it? thanks!

[Jimbacsi]

@TzumB I wish I could, but I borrowed the shot and I don't know where it would be online. Glad you're enjoying the lessons. :)

[Jimbacsi]

so... I guess you got your money's worth? :D

[photographyconcepts]

Thanks!!! Great presentation.. Simple and easy to understand...

[iizdownwitthizz]

Watching this video I thought I was going to learn Composition then you did some futuristic shit like x y z +... I hope I can be "Aerobic" like you one day!

[cuzpix]

@MrBrickfilms the rule of thirds is just a guideline, you don't have to strictly follow it

[moomy504]

wow that fisheye shot is amazing!! i would love to see it in original size! :)

[Lincoshop]

Thank you for the support! Please comment & sube my channel

[1Mperios]

brilliant advice, greatly appreciate your efforts.

[shocine]

@TzumB Here he is: vimeo . com / voytec :)

[MrBrickfilms]

Now I think that the middle picture in the bad side of the rule of thirds section was good. But because it did not follow the rule does this make it bad?

[Jimbacsi]

@Dragon4eva, another reason that I prefer a viewfinder is that I'm getting old and my arms are getting too short ;)