The ONLY 4 RULES of COMPOSITION that you need to know
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Only 1 rule i care about, its the rule of get off the couch watching youtube and get out and press the shutter button more.....
"they're more like guidelines than actual rules" - pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the black pearl :D
I’ve never considered “energy” in composition but it makes a lot of sense. The uniqueness of a moment gives the images more of a story. I appreciate your video!
These intangibles are so tough to grasp as a beginner, and I'm sure they're quite difficult to verbalise. You've done a great job and have given me much to think about. Thank you, again.
The tree between the clouds was a BRILLIANT example of capturing energy in a relatively still scene. So goooood
Very well done, Nigel. With all the fluff and self proclaimed experts on TH-cam it's refreshing to find someone who actually knows what they're talking about.
Thanks for the tips!
I wish I could see things like this. I often think I've found a good composition only to discover my photo just looks rubbish. Often my best pictures are the ones on instinct - I just see something and snap it. The more I think, the more I manage to ruin it.
The ones that really do work always seem to involve these rules, but I almost never see that at the time. It's just a fluke (or intuition) that I arranged all the minor details in the right spot without even being consciously aware of them.
I think the problem is more with our civilization in general, the way we are raised and that attitude that everything needs to be now, instantly. That is why you cannot see/notice all these things. That one single Nigel's video presents just view ideas you should practice perhaps for the next whole year. So assuming that every weekend (52 times/year) you go for a walk you need to focus just on one element ie movement. You are shooting only movement for 2 months. That should be your project. Excel this one thing and then move to another one.
From my experience it is extremely difficult thing to do. Recently I am torturing myself eating tones of apples on my walks and slowing down. ;-) So far I have learned that some compositions I would find interesting before and were boring after I looked at them on the screen so I am omiting them and shootinig less at the end but I am enjoying just being and watching. And some times I can even notice things he is talking about and then gives me that hope that one day... ;-)
As somebody who is new to photography as a hobby I really do appreciate videos like this. You are definitely my favorite channel to watch for photography videos
This video explains why some photos just ‘look right’. Excellent advice from Nigel, that shows the difference between a ‘snap’ and a real landscape photograph. ‘Thinking’ before ‘taking’ can make all the difference. Thanks Nigel.
Thank you for the tips, Nigel. It's great to see a video with composition rules different than the common and well-known rule of thirds, golden number, etc. Your tips help to think better about the interactions of all the elements in one scene!
Love the way you make your videos without any hyperbole! Thanks Nigel for this wonderful one!
Very insightful! You did a great job of going back and analyzing your photos to come up with the 4 points. Thanks for your videos each week!
Best video on composition I‘ve seen in a while. Thanks a lot Nigel!
Thank you - these videos that touch on the aesthetic skills are so helpful. So easy to get stuck on the technical skills and forget to practice the artistic ones.
Thank you for your videos Nigel. I like how thorough you are at making sense of stuff that otherwise could be considered mainly subjective.
I’ve said this before, I’m not at all into landscape photography but your videos add so much to photography in general and I love your pictures as well, great advice, well done video, as usual a pleasure. I love your channel!!
Amazing video - love the simplicity and using a lot of photos as examples. It makes the video very usable and great to learn from. Thank you!
This has to be THE best tutorial on composition I've ever seen! It appeals to feelings not rules. No wonder your photos are so amazing... If one can get a listener to feel a concept imagine what he can do with a camera! Thank you for this.
Absolutely brilliant… informative video, easy to understand.
A great reminder of what to look for, illustrated with your fabulous images.
Perfect! Many thanks Nigel.
Another fantastic lesson in composition. Really informative and interesting.
Thanks for another set of tips. May you have a joyous week.
I watch a lot of good TH-cam landscape photographers but you are far and away the best. Thank you Nigel.
I'm watching this from the perspective of a landscape painter, not a photographer and found this extremely useful. Thanks for the great videos! This one was exceptionally good!
Always thought provoking and informative. Thank you Nigel
The best way to know if I'm learning from your videos, every time, is trying to anticipate what you're going to say about the pictures. Looks like I'm slowly nailing it :D Great tips on this one!
Outstanding information Nigel. Everything you covered made perfect sense to me and I will put it all to good use. Thanks!
Thank you very much Nigel for this video: absolutely clear and useful for a beginner photographer like me.
Have a good weekend , look forward to next video.
A different and interesting approach to composition! Your examples helped me to understand what works and what doesn't .Thank you Nigel!
The photo with the church and the Mountain is incredibly powerful ! Love it !
I am enjoying your masterclass II and this video could clearly be part of it. One of your best.
If you do a shot the flow, energy is most of time influenced by your emotions, thinking at the time of doing the shot. therefore a pictures works for yourself mostly. but to influence a viewer and take him to a journey or story through your picture, you should do it like you, Nigel, explained it perfectly! thank you for sharing your experience.
Great reminders on balance/flow/depth -- but the one I hadn't really thought about was dynamism/energy. Really interesting stuff. I've definitely waited for the clouds to be in just the right place, but I hadn't realized that sometimes the viewer can perceive that as something like movement.
Such a great tips! With great examples! Nigel, you are really good teacher. Thank you so much.
More great advice . Shows just how benefficial it is to take your time and think things through. Cheers Nigel.
This is such a great video - thank you for sharing your expertise!
I watch these videos on my Smart TV, but I always make sure to come here later or while watching to like the video. Best way to kick off your Sunday. Nigel’s videos and a cup of coffee. It doesn’t get any better than this :).
Super intuitive and helpful, Nigel .... in a very non-complex way. Thanks!!!
Great lecture again Nigel ! Love watching your videos each sunday morning :-).
Love these helpful guideline/tips for composition. Atmospheric might be a word that could apply, relates to energy and movement of the outdoor elements. A term I picked up in watercolor painting.
Hey Nigel.. sound advice mate! Thanks. Have a good weekend , look forward to next video.
Brilliant analysis! I really enjoyed listening to it. 💙
Energy tip was priceless
Great video! I think this is a very concise but comprehensive tutorial on creative landscape photography. At the same time, these "four rules" can be applied to other types of photography with comparable results. I've enjoyed many of your videos and thanks for sharing your knowledge and expertise.
Thank you for your detailed and thorough explanation.
Excellent tips as always Nigel!
Great video Nigel. So many interesting and valid points raised in this video. I think depth is so important whie having a balance of elements to tell an interesting story through the image. Would love to see you cover black and white woodland photography as that is a challenge and would love to see your take on it. Thanks fort sharing Nigel.
These are great tips Nigel and I only wish I would put them into practice as when I get to a location as I just forget to apply them. Keep giving these tips to reinforce the importance of them and perhaps they will become second nature to us who watch your videos.
Breakfast with Nigel, always a great way to start the week. Looking forward to some Iceland content from your recent trip. Hopefully, you've escaped by now. 👍 🥂
That water scene at 8:00 if you upped and slightly contrasted the bright highlights of the lake those highlights would serve as leading lines back to the mountains
Thank you so much for sharing as always loved it
I liked your heather/rock image very much. One of the things I noticed about it was the use of contrast, how your eye is drawn to areas like the dark clouds and lighter sky. Thanks for the videos, I like the practical advice and lack of pretension.
Wow! This is so helpful! thank you!
Thanks for the video, very helpful for my landscape photography
It was very interesting for me, follow you through your explanation of the 4 rules...it seems you're showing us the heard and soul of the pictures you made. I learned a lot. Thank you.
Thanks for a very fine video! Lots of visual wisdom 👍🏼
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thank you for revitalising me to return to the photography i once loved. Age is only a number even a large one.
Your shot of the church and the mountain... every time I see a shot like this I develop a sense of anticipation... I really want to see the top of that peak!
I love when you talk about Composition.....Anyone can click a camera. Your Eye is the Art. :) Much Love God Bless YOU
Great talk... slowing down to think through a composition is my biggest challenge and I think the 4 rules are a guide. Of the 4, I think balance is the hardest for me to see when I'm in the field. Thanks!
This is the best educational channel ever. And it is free.
Great video and tips on how to create astonishing photos.
I'll take those tips to my next session of photography, and I'll try to take those tips.
Thanks
Great explanation with amazing examples 🙌Thx for sharing your expertise and knowledge, much appreciated 🙏
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Really enjoyed this Nigel. Thank you
Not only a thumbs up for energy but yo also drop some words of Thank you for sharing tips!👍👍👍
Four excellent 'rules' or inspiring ways to view the world and our images. Thanks Nigel
Thank you! I always learn from you excellent videos!
Thank you. You have given me some things to think about to improve my photography.
Really great video. Thanks for sharing with knowledge.
Brilliant and informative video. One of your best.
I really enjoyed this, it was very thorough and helpful. And surely rules aren't required, but having what you call flow does make for more appealing images that make one pause a bit longer.
im so glad i found your videos your explanations are superb
Thank you very much! Love ur enthusiasm!
2:13 wow! That picture looks like a concept art! Beautiful!
Nice seminar, thank you!
Oh Nigel... how you make me want to grab my camera and bolt from work and then at the same time I feel I should just grab it and dump it in the trash! LOL You give such great explanations and advice. I love your insights into composition. For some reason it gives me great comfort to see that even with your vast experience and the multitudes of jaw-dropping landscape images you have shared... well you still are able to produce "rubbish" at times (your words now Nigel not mine!).
But seriously it does help to realize we will never get to a point where we are able to 100% of the time get a great composition. There are so many variables that come into play. But in the end it gives me hope to pick up more good information on why composition is so important and then try to remember your advice when I'm confronted with the viewfinder of my camera! The struggle is real!
You are a wonderful photographer and teacher! Keep shooting and keep teaching us Nigel! Peace, Donna
“Guidelines…..” …….. aside from the element of angular lines etc.. its like The Pirate Code in Pirates of the Caribbean…. As they say, its “more like guidelines….” Interesting and helpful guidelines to composition. Thank you 😊
Thank you Nigel! Great video and a very good explanation of composition :)
Thanks a lot ! for sharing great tips Nigel.
I love your videos and your advices, it always gives me so much, to my photography
thanks a lot, Nigel. Always amazing video 📸
Brilliant advice and great examples of what works vs not. Thank you.
Really a great video, man. I am starting to study composition beyond the rule of thirds and your video really helped me. Thanks!
I love your compositions. Thank you I am really learning a lot. I really thought the first one worked bc of the diagonal line going from right bottom corner to left top corner between the lake and the grass. I think the complementary colors of the warm orange on the bottom/left and the blue cool color on the top/right made it symmetrical or balanced . 🤷♀️ but I see how there was more on the left then the right too.
Such a well thought out video. Thank you
Thanks Nigel, I really like your videos!
Great video Nigel. Always like when you show composition examples and when you demonstrate why they work or don't. I find this super helpful especially the way you walk us as viewers through them.
Glad it was helpful!
@@NigelDanson You should look up something called the steelyard principle. It has to do with balancing different "weights" of elements in the image. Picture a see-saw/teeter totter with a heavier weight near the fulcrum and a lighter weight on the other side farther away from the fulcrum. The point is if one has a more "massive" object near a dividing line in the image one should have a lighter one on the other side farther away from the dividing line. I picked this up in an oil painting instructional book. We don't have the freedom to "move" things around like oil painters do, but sometimes things in the real world align this way.
Great video, thanks. I fall into the category of people that know what they like, but you have articulated why!
Crazy helpful video Nigel! Really appreciate you sharing things from your point of view!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the Lesson. Hope your family is ok.
Hi,thanks for the interesting video.
I think that imbalance sometimes creates great dynamism in a photo.
It's a technique frequently used in decoration nowadays:f.e placing a mirror on the floor instead of on the wall,placing a picture on a chest of drawers instead of on a wall,not placing the chairs to the table,etc.
The key is to give the impression that things aren' t on so that there seems to be certain movement in the different elements of a room,etc.
What I mean is that sometimes symmetry ( balance) frequently used in composing a photo reduces the amount of dynamism and energy in a photo.
One of the tips (guidelines) I was introduced to years ago (by a very accomplished pro) was “watch the edges (of the frame)” which goes along with “pay attention to ‘negative space’ (the part of the image that is not the main subject or focal point). I think you do this (perhaps instinctively) in all of your images, but the boat house at 15:44 is an excellent example.
There are a number of similarities between golf and photography, golf looks really easy when you're on the tee, but when it's your turn your mind is in turmoil trying to remember all those 'rules' before you swing at the ball. Similar with photography, it's not as simple as just looking through the viewfinder, as Nigel has explained in this video! Thanks as always, some great tips!
This is great stuff! I’m more into videography than photography but these are great tips to help me frame my shots! Especially static B roll.
Thank you, This is one of the most helpful videos about composition and it has changed how I look at scenes. I'm also looking at older images to see if I've inadvertently applied these "rules".
I'm also interest what device you are using in your presentation.
Nice tip Nigel. Off to Iceland for the first time in February. Very excited for the shot and vlog possibilities there.
Composition practice is a lost art these days. Great video and one that every photographer new and experienced should watch. I as a shooter of 40 years view this as a reminder, refresher of What makes an image stand out from the rest. Thank you, as I am about to review my recent photos from the last few months.
I really enjoyed this video. It had e taking notes! I hope to Implement some of this knowledge this weekend when I visit the lakes. I will be on the lookout for these elements!
As you explain the photographs composition it really helps drive home the thought process I try to incorporate when I’m out shooting. I think I really get the most help from the photos you share that didn’t work and explain why. I only ever show the best of my best, so I truly appreciate someone of your skill level sharing those “not so great” images. Thank you.