5 Advanced Composition Techniques Used by Pro Photographers
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- In this video, I want to share with you five advanced composition techniques that professional photographers use to enhance the impact of their images.
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In summary, here are my 5 advanced composition techniques to elevate your images this year:
0:00 Introduction
01:12 Two Points of Interest
03:03 Multiple Points of Interest
04:33 Frame In a Frame
06:30 Reflections
08:27 Layering
10:31 Practice the Techniques
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I read some of the comments here and I don’t think they’re warranted. I really liked this video of techniques that while some may be familiar with, this does a great job of clearly explaining them and gives a good reminder to keep them in mind when going out to shoot. It’s easy to say you know these things but harder to actually put to practice in the fraction of a second you have before taking a photo and this is a great reminder. Thank you for the video!
Thanks for your thoughts and glad you enjoyed the video ✊ Hoping it inspires some to get out there and practice these techniques more!
Hyper critical "photographers" in the 1970s and early 1980s completely turned me off photography, cameras, and anything to do with photography.
For example, I knew several people who won awards decades ago for photos they took, and they were merciless in their criticism of me not copying them. Their photos were bland, uninspired, rote, forgettable.
Only two years ago did I decide to try photography as a hobby again, in part because a couple of the extremely toxic people I knew had recently died.
I'm glad the dictator "photographer" type seems to have fallen out of favour, and glad to find this channel.
Your channel is gentle, nurturing, and encouraging. Thank you for sharing your advice and tips, and for helping me realize my instincts were / are good and I have a good eye.
If anyone else has been turned off a perfectly good hobby or profession by dreadful people, please reconsider it.
Photography has brought me a surprising amount of secret pleasure over the past two years. I may never show my photos publicly, but I'm extremely pleased with them.
And, when I find a new rental home and unpack my stuff in storage, I'll be printing some of my best photos and framing them to hang on my walls.
Sorry to hear you had such a bad experience. Always be wary of people within a hobby who claim to know everything. I may be a professional but I am still learning. I certainly don't know everything but try to share my experiences in this profession during the past 20 years, to help try and encourage people to explore their own worlds using their cameras. Photography has an amazing power to help you discover yourself and the world. Don't let anyone take that away from you. Wishing you luck and happiness out there taking images! 📸
@@SeanGallagherPhotographer I'm very glad people like you are so different from the "experts" of yesteryear. Your kindness, humility, humanity, and creativity are refreshing, inspiring, and healing. Thank you!
I recently turned 55 and am more determined than ever to reclaim parts of me that I gave away to others, such as my love for photography.
Someone like you will inspire millions to be happy and fulfilled. Bless you!
This is great. Thank you! Even pros and experts need a refresh sometimes. It’s always good to get down to basics!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Many thanks Sean for sharing these very helpful tips.
Glad they were helpful 👍
Thank you so much for these tips Sean. Can’t wait to put all these into continuous practice. Appreciate the effort and examples provided 🙏🏽
That's great, Gordon. Glad the tips were helpful ✊📸
Thank you a lot for visiting Cambodia 🇰🇭
I loved visiting Cambodia. Amazing people, culture and scenery. Check out my film from there ➡️ th-cam.com/video/LyDipCMOucI/w-d-xo.html
I've used most of those techniques before watching this video. Thanks for the additional ideas.
Thanks for watching. More technique videos coming soon. 👍
Excellent advice! Thank you Sean!
Glad it was helpful! ✊
No surprises but the best explanation of using these compositions I have seen. Brilliant photos too. Thanks for sharing. I certainly learnt from your video.
Thanks, Ken ✊ Glad the video was useful 👍
There is strictly no advice on composition in this video that is just about adding elements (content) without ever telling you where and how (composition).
The photo @ 2:35 is incredible. its like a mirror'd image of the subjects almost. really cool
Thank you, Justin. Glad you like the image.
One of my favorites videos about composition. Great video!! Thank you.👏
Glad it was useful. Thanks for watching and commenting, Raul 👍
Thank you ! I already use most all of these techniques but I realized something else that was so obvious I was overlooking that you didn't include in this !
Glad it was useful. What didn't I include? 🙂
Another great video Sean, thanks!
Appreciate that, Anastas!
Thanks Ford this video I NEEDED IT!!
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Thanks a lot for this. Really enjoyed it.
Glad to hear it! 👍
Very very helpful! Thank you so much!
Thanks for watching 👍
Thank you so much for this video. A lot of useful information for photographers. ❤❤❤
Glad it was helpful!
very interesting composition advise, now they are no secret anymore😊 thanks for sharing!
Ha. Lots more "secrets" to come in other videos...coming soon!
There is strictly no advice on composition in this video that is just about adding elements (content) without ever telling you where and how (composition).
@@BrunoChalifour You are playing philosophical word games here.
I am a amateur and liked the suggestions. I will definitely try during my next outing.
Glad it was helpful 👍
Very good VDO ,fine, clearly ,and not too long.
I love it.Thank you!
Thanks for watching ✊
Point #1 is very insightful 👏
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Thanks for another great video.
Thanks for watching 📸
Thank you Sean, very helpful hints 😊
Thanks for watching. Glad the tips are helpful ✊
Love it.
Thsnks.
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In most photography groups, there will always a few old/senior photographers who will underline the importance of "a point of interest". I often use "multiple points of interests" to annoy them :D
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thanks You Sean!. I like your explanation make it simple to understand and try out the techniques.
Glad it was helpful, Graeme! ✊
Salute and respect from Ontario, Canada! Saw this video on our TV and decided to come over my desktop to leave a comment. While two points of interest is easy to follow, multiple points can be difficult. As a hobbyists, I would now try to focus on two points of interest, frame within the frame, and layering. Thank you for sharing and challenging hobbyists and professionals to go beyond our comfort zone.
Glad the video was useful and inspired you to try some different composition techniques 👍
Thanks for the lessons... very helpful
Thanks for watching ✊
It is a useful video, Sean. Thank you for helping me uplifting my photography technique.
Glad it was useful to you 👍
Hi Sean! The silhouettes in this video are beautiful indeed! Hope you can make a video to the viewers on how to take them! Keep up the good work
Thank you! 🙏 I love using silhouettes to add more drama and mystery to images. I should definitely include that in a future video. Thanks for the suggestion 👍
I just saw your video for the first and joined your channel.
Terrific ideas for creative photos.
Thanks for joining us, David. Good to have you here ✊️
Best thing about these techniques is no state-of-the-art camera with a 50 megapixel sensor is required for a better picture. The most important photographic equipment is the imagination of the person holding the camera.
Couldn't agree more, Bruce 👍
Thanks Sean. I have seen some of these techniques before, however for a beginner these are advanced techniques. I love your photographs, and as a National Geographic Photographer you had to produce images that were acceptable to the editor and I find that interesting that this is techniques used by a National Geographic photographer. Some viewers may have missed your point, that practice of these techniques will improve our photographs. To me this group of techniques are a great reminder to not forget them.
Thanks for the comment, Chris. Yes, it's important to practice the fundamentals, even if you're a professional. Just like a musician will refresh their knowledge of the basic chords from time to time, or a soccer player will do simple passing drills, advanced practice of anything is based on mastering the basics first.
Another good one
Thanks, Jon!
I'm watching from Cambodia 😊
Great. Love Cambodia.
You deserve way more views! Thanks for that great video. Those tips are invaluable! 😊
Thank you, Mathieu. The channel is steadily growing ✊ Glad the tips were useful.
I cannot wait to try this out. If course I have always seen 2 objects many times but never incorporated into a composition. Tks again .
No problem. Good luck out there 📸✊
Very helpful
For me, the Best Composition Technique is Juxtaposition. Use it not only for visual impact but for story telling.
Maybe for a future video 👍
I love these techniques! Been shooting for decades now and I love short videos like these. Just found your channel. Subscribed.
Awesome. Thanks for subscribing ✊
Thank You! I will try to use these composition techniques while shooting my next photographs.
Excellent. Let us know how you get on 👍
here is strictly no advice on composition in this video that is just about adding elements (content) without ever telling you where and how (composition).
Thanks, this is very useful! My early efforts were a confusing mess, so I gravitated to having a single clear subject. But now you mention it, I can see that the use of two or more points of interest is indeed one of the distinctive habits of famous or "real" photographers. Now the challenge is, how to include more than one, without it turning into a confusing mess again. Oh boy ... !
Keep practicing and keep playing with the compositions. You'll soon find what works for you and the way you like to take photos. Good luck! ✊📸
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Thank you so much for these tips and ideas, it will help us more to improve our photography and video skills
Glad it was helpful! 👍
@@SeanGallagherPhotographer thank you so much
I’m always impressed with the use of selective focus in some of my favorite images. Such as shooting through a frame, reflections, near and far subjects. There doesn’t seem to be a definite standard and sometimes the compelling point of the image is out of focus or affected by motion blur. Exploration of this would be very interesting. Thanks for this video. I’ll subscribe now.
Thanks, Gary. These are not hard and fast rules, which is part of the beauty of photography. Yes, selective focus is definitely something I may cover in a later video 👍
❤love the shoots man!!
Thanks, Hendro 👍
subscribing and saving this video
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I just discovered your videos and as an amateur photographer I want to thank you for sharing your knowledge and skills. I have a photography club in our 55+ community and will be recommending that they take a look at your TH-cam channel.
I'm really glad you enjoyed the videos, Stephen. Hope they're useful to your members. 👍
Hello I’m your fan in Cambodia ❤
Thanks for following! 🇰🇭✊
Very helpful advice Sean, thank you so much! Sounds simple and logical in theory, but is demanding in practice. Especially if the points of interest are moving around 😅 Many beginners and amateurs not only focus of only one subject, but also tend to isolate it from its environment, producing quite boring, although technical perfect images. What is their main concern.
Your advice remembers me of a code of practice I learned from National Geographic photographer Sam Abell who used to say: Compose the scene, then wait.
Kind regards from Switzerland.
Hi Markus. "Compose the scene, then wait." That's great advice and something I do A LOT. Maybe I should include that tip in a new video 🙂
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There's another technique for framing. You can use the natural landscape for framing if you're doing something away from civilization. Like areas where water and land meet. Or where rocks cut off part of the sky. They're harder to come by, but pretty neat when it does.
Yes, great point. Natural landscapes provide lots of opportunities for framing 👍
Interesting 👌
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Thanks a lot i didn't know about that
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Good job
Thanks!
Great video thank you for reassuring me I am doing something right 😅 frame within a frame
Sure! Good to hear it's working for you too ✊📸
The photo u took in jakarta @2:27 reminds me of Goodfellas when Tommy was explaining his mom's painting to Jimmy & Henry 😁
Ha. Interesting observation 😆
很棒
多谢
I have reviewed some of your prominent videos; very good to see someone who knows what he is talking about. Very well done.
Perhaps it would be helpful to create a video in which you discuss more in detail re your editing process.
Thanks for the thoughts. Yes, editing is something I will covering more of in future videos 👍
Thank you for the walkthrough, Sean. :) 'Smashed the Subscribe button. ;) :D
Thanks, Matt ✊
easy to understand information, I appreciate that you get right to the point! Curious about the title page 'No rule of thirds'....there was no mention of the 'rule' either for or against
Hi Cynthia. The title referred to no rule of thirds in this particular video as I was covering more advanced techniques. I am however working on a new video that will be released at the weekend that will touch on the rule of thirds. Look out for it!
Great tips, thanks. I applied the reflection technique in August 2023 when doing bearwatching in eastern Finland. I was in a hide looking westward. In front of my hide there was a pond surrounded by taiga forest in U-form. So the trees already had beautiful reflections on the water surface. Then a brown-bear appeared an walked along the shore. Perfect. I filmed different clips: total with bear, reflection and forest in the background. Then I focused only on the reflection of the bear, having to zoom in strongly. And finally I had the luck to film two bears close to each other (further away from the pond, so no reflection, that would be to much luck, right). Best wishes.
Wow, that sounds like an amazing situation to be photographing. A scene straight out of National Geographic! 👏
@@SeanGallagherPhotographer Yeah, and now with your other tips in my mind the results of my subsequent session wherever will be even better :-)
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Last year, quite by accident, I was in position for a shot that had a four way reflection. It was odd looking to say the least.
Thanks for visiting Cambodia
I loved visiting Cambodia! 🇰🇭
Hope to see here again @@SeanGallagherPhotographer
@@MARDYSuong I see you know Ben at BeTreed. 🙂✊
Yes sure, I know him and I went there a several times
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Some nice tips. Another tip would getting rid of the bright light or reflection just left of your head. It competes with you talking.
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Thanks Sean, I off out now to get practicing....what apature are you using for them shots, f8?
I'd need to look at the EXIF data for the lens info, but f8 is a good all round aperture that will serve you well with most of these techniques.
One of the functions I add to single element images is offsetting near the rule of thirds crossing points... I never put the focus of the image right on the rule of thirds crossing points... The eye wants to go to those points and if the object of the photo is at that point the eye has no where to go after that... using your suggestions makes the eye do even more... Keeping the eye moving makes any image more interesting to the viewer... They have to see something else and then something more than that, and more again... Their eyes have to keep moving...
"Keeping the eye moving makes any image more interesting to the viewer" 👍
Great advise, I find shooting through glass quite tricky. Any tips ?
Hi Debbie. Yes, reflections are tricky. I try to make sure I get focus on whatever it is I am photographing 'in' the reflection first, then look out for the way shadows outside the window influence the reflection. A lot of the time it's about experimentation until you get 'the shot'. Hope that helps 📸
thank u remainder old technique
Sometimes the old ones are the best ones 🙂👍
I'm a new subscriber. This is my second video and I see I have so much to learn! I really appreciate your eye. And thanks for sharing your experience and wisdom too!. Have you mentioned what focal length you primarily use for street, is it the 35mm? Is it the 50? Or do you use zoom lenses? Respect...
Thank you for subscribing ✊ Think of learning photography like learning a new language. It takes time and patience to master, but stick with it and just keep absorbing new knowledge and then getting out there in the world and practicing. I really like using a 35mm prime lens for street photography, but if I am on assignment I will use a 24-70 for added flexibility.
Thanks for the quick response! I'm glad I found your page here @llagherPhotographer. I'm primarily a 35mm shooter as well. Although lately I have been considering the 50 in order to step outside my comfort zone and pull subjects a bit closer. Everytime I make this decision I end up switching back to the 35mm after a day! I wonder if I'd be better off just choosing the 35 and sticking with it. 🤔
It's a classic and a favourite of many photojournalists for a reason. Sounds like you love the 35. Go with what feels right. 📸
Very good compositional ideas. The third idea - multiple points of interest - is a bit tricky and can rather easily mis-fire. The scene becomes too congested and the viewer is left bewildered, wondering what he or she should be looking at. Most seasoned photographers recommend the opposite - keep things simple. On the other hand, there are quite a few old very impressive, very busy photos around.
Thanks for the thoughts, Simon. Yes, it's a tricky technique to get right. It's a technique that has no specific formula but when you get it, it can work really well.
I am interested to see that many movies and television series still use the rule of thirds and leading lines to compose their shots.
"No rule of thirds" applies to not talking about it in this particular video. It's still an important principle I use frequently, but is more of a basic concept. I will discuss more a later video 🙂
Love your channel, appreciate the effort you put in and the knowledge that you share sir. But as a student of photography can I ask if having more points of interest will make a picture look too busy, or is there some geometry involved or am I just too green? Thank you in advance.
Thanks for the question. There's a fine line between making the image too busy and having multiple points that work together. For this technique, there is no real formula, as you might see with other composition techniques. As you'll have seen from each of the images in the video, they are all slightly different. I find the key is to try to find balance between all the elements in the frame. They need to have the own space in the image and complement each other, like in the image of the man on the boat and the bird. Practice balancing two points of interest in your images first, then build up to three, then four etc. Have a look at the work of Alex Webb for more inspiration on this technique: www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture/alex-webb-the-suffering-of-light/
@@SeanGallagherPhotographer Thank you, makes much more sense now. Appreciate the time Sir
No problem 🤝
Hey Sean, could you elaborate a bit on your Whatsapp community please. Great video, love it.
Sure. It's a space for daily chat about photography. Members share their latest images, give feedback, can ask me questions etc. Members are first to hear about new videos, special offers on classes etc. It's free and you're welcome to join. If you want personalised feedback from me, more info here ➡️ gallagher-photo.com/learn
Thanks, will check it out 👍
Hello from Cambodia. What year did you visit Cambodia?
Hi! I visited Cambodia in 2020 🙂
Thank you for not talking about wide open aparture bokeh isolation creamy background bs. Shooting in layers and mpoi is very challenging especially in dynamic scenes. Alex Webb made millions of horrible images I guess, no one will ever see. And even in static scenes you first have to read your frame from the farest to be nearest, from the edges to the center, take car of the light, geometry, possible distraction, color contrast and all that stuff at once. It can be SO frustrating to return home with not a single baller photo at all.
You know your photojournalists 👍 I took a workshop with Alex Webb in 2006. He told us that for one image he would often shoot one or two rolls of film, so between 36-72 frames, until he got one he was happy with and 'worked'. Multiple points of interest is one of the hardest techniques and requires the most patience.
No rule of thirds? sure, sure... Have you actually looked at your own photos? Most of them follow the rule of thirds.
But some good tips here anyway.
I have a question about signature on your photos. Is it important? Is it unprofessional?
Hi Habib. Good question. I don't think it's that important. It may act as a slight deterrent, but in these days of Photoshop and AI generative fill etc., I think it's very easy for people to remove the signature/watermark if they really want to.
Can you brief how you captured the 7:43 frame.
I tried to learn it many times, but failed.
Please explain
For that image I was standing outside of a building, looking into the building through the window. The man was on the inside of the building, looking out. The whites in the image are the hats of men sat in a crowd behind me from where I am standing. Hope that is clear. Glad the image got you thinking 👍📸
How did you managed to expose both images , what's the technique?
Thankyou that you are replying 🙏
Really interesting techniques. Needs some time to master it I think, but so good to have it in mind! Thank you. But one thing made me a bit uncomfortable: These multiple hops while you are explaning the techniques. I found it disturbing.
Glad the techniques are useful....Videos need editing, so some 'hops' are inevitable. Thanks for your patience and support ✊
@@SeanGallagherPhotographer hm, I also edit my videos, without hops.
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I've heard that... as a professional photographer thing😂😂😂 so many times that's crazy
Not as cringe as the CINEMATIC! CINEMATIC! bozos
What's wrong with being a professional photographer?
The photo at 7:12 is really beautiful, I just don't understand how you were able to take it without getting in trouble with the girl's parents. I just can't think of a way of getting photos like that, even without children in it, without getting punched. Am I overthinking it?
I have never ever felt physically threatened when taking photos. If you are out in the world taking images with good intentions, I don't think you have anything to fear. If people notice you taking photos, simply speak to them and explain what you are doing. Smile, be friendly and honest. Show them your IG feed, offer to send them a photo. Be sensible and respectful of people, of course, but don't overthink it.
I have subscribed but there is no link to download the ebook. Could you double check?
Just emailed you a copy. Please let me know if you received it. Thanks for your patience.
I got it via email you sent. Thanks a lot. Your videos are great.
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Get a copy of 'The painter's Secret Geometry' to go beyond simplistic 'pop' notions about composition.
Thanks for taking the time to comment
Two points in the composition are very difficult to use. Most professional photographers use them wrong. And they don't even know it. Having two points in a composition, they usually cannot be equivalent. One must dominate. The gaze must be guided around the photo. Otherwise, confusion is created.
The exception is when they are literally equally important, interacting with each other, when one is subtracted, the photo loses its meaning.
Most photographers use two points as two points and that's it. There are an awful lot of videos on YT where (even on big channels) they brag about such photos, and they are clearly badly constructed.
That's why it is necessary to emphasize the importance of scaling the importance of objects.
Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts, Joanna. Yes, it can be a tricky technique to master. You're right in that the relationship between the two points is key!
Best thing is to learn about composition, work with them intentionally and later forget about them.
Yes, if you practice the fundamentals of composition long enough they should become second nature and you won't have to think about them.
So with the image of the two boys walking opposite directions. the eye was immediately drawn to the bright red vehicle at the top left. The two boys were largely irrelevant because of it.
Everyone views images in different ways and sees different things. Thanks for watching.
I want to be a photographer. But i can't buy a Camera 😔
If you have a cellphone, you can start by taking pictures with that. All the same principles of photography apply... look for light, colour, composition, moments. Perhaps try to meet photographers in your community, see if they have cameras they're not using that you can practice with. Hope those suggestions help ✊
That doesn't convince me. Maybe for special images it might work with multiple subjects, but in general most photos - and the viewer - can only handle two.
I think you underestimate your viewers' powers of perception! Thanks for the comment.
I really like your channel but these cliche "secret' lessons are a bit off putting. every no-name TH-camr does it. You have such a vast knowledge & experience would love to see more in the field hands on videos. or more on the pro level that not many talk about. thank you very much
Thanks for the feedback. The channel is developing and there will be lots more new content to come soon that will cater more to the professional side of the practice (live videos, new podcast 🤫). Stay tuned ✊
@@SeanGallagherPhotographer awesome.
I personally think these are excellent for all photographers.
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First time on this site. I found it difficult to put credence in his lessons when he had a bright light in the background competing for attention. I would think a professional photographer and videographer would know better.
I appreciate the advice and the intention, but "frame within a frame" and "reflections" are very basic tecniques. An advanced tecnique would be "kerning groups of objects or people" like in typographic design, or composing strictly with color, no BW for a while, learning composition from abstract painting (Cy Twombly among others) in terms of negative space and abstract shapes.
Thanks for the thoughts. Will be covering more techniques in future videos.
Your window frame of the man in the boat, in my opinion doesn't really work for one reason... the "frame" in the frame on the top right is cut off. All I can look at is the cut off frame. I can't even see the boat because my eye is drawn to a cut off frame and that is all I want to look at. Maybe if you stood on your tippy toes. What you leave out of the frame is just as important as what you leave in the frame. Literally. Maybe if you used a wider lens and then cropped in so that you have the same perspective. Its always better to have more "information" of the scene than you actually need to have more leeway when you get back home. As most times, you cannot go back and recreate the same atmosphere or conditions.
Thanks for sharing your opinion, Matthew. That's the beauty of photography, tastes and perceptions of the scene can be different to different viewers. 📸👍
What do you mean? What is frame? How can you know what's outside of it if it's more than what's inside the photo?
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One thing this video does particularly well is that it does present a good sequential progression for the student to follow, for a more methodical approach to improvement. But this really only shows three compositional techniques, and not really advanced. They're beginner to intermediate. There's really no Earth shattering revelations here. I think there is a lost opportunity to really present ADVANCED composition, though compound application. The video shows examples of compound techniques, but doesn't point it out.
Whether two or five points of interest, it's really the same principle. The only difference is degree, so they would have been better to treat as one topic. Most of the layering examples are really just framing. And several of the examples using reflections could be said to be framing (like the motorbike in the mirror). This is where advanced composition really takes flight--by being able to accomplish multiple compositional techniques at the same time, and/or by employing creative means to execute those techniques.
This is seen most prominently in the examples using multiple points/subjects. The one photo at 4:05 with six people shows that volume itself makes for a poor compositional tool, as it's by far the most boring photo shown. The photo itself fails to say anything about the subjects other than the fact that they exist. Multiple subjects/points really only makes for a meaningful compositional tool if those objects are themselves arranged in a meaningful way. And we see that done well in the other examples. The photo of the tree and calf and boy shows multiple points of interest, but there is also a subtle leading line in the sand, and the elements arrange to create an optical inference of that leading line continuing. This arrangement, more than the mere fact that there are multiple points, makes for an advanced composition.
In the photo with the boat, tree, bird, and poll, the primary subject (the boat) is effectively framed by the remaining elements. Compare to the examples of more explicit framing (like the literal window frame in a wall).
Thanks for sharing your thoughts
Did he blink in this video?
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@@SeanGallagherPhotographer Great video man! Hats off, and thank you for replying😅
I wanna share with you 1 secret, white balance !
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I don’t like some of your layer’s technique such as the one with lots of tree branches in front of the river, too many things to look at.
Hope you find a technique you like in future vids 🙂📸
Surprising if not appalling to listen to someone talking about composition and not understanding the difference between composition and content.
Not that the advice is bad, it is just misplaced and shows a total lack of understanding of what composition really is.
As for the pro part, it is just a delusional notion. Strictly speaking, a pro is someone who sells photographs whether they are good or mediocre does not matter as long as they satisfy the customer. plus, being a pro in one area (making an image and selling it) does not make one an expert in aesthetics, vocabulary, communication and pedagogy... and it shows here.
Point by point:
#1 and 2: adding more elements to your image, is just adding complexity and story telling to your image. It is an improvement on "unary" images (with only one element) BUT it has strictly nothing to do with composition which is how the elements are organised in the frame (to generate meaning and aesthetics). In fact #1 and #2 could be summarised in "try to have more than one point of interest within your frame and generate MEANING/FEELING with them."
#3: frame in the frame, is just a trick. Without generating meaning it is just a gimmick to focus the viewer's attention to ONE element, what is in the frame. The frame has to be related to what is in the frame in the frame. And again this says nothing of its positioning in the frame (which is what composition is about).
#4: "Reflections" !!??!! Since when reflections are a compositional technique? It is just a visual element, composition has to do with how and where they are located in the frame. This is nonsense in terms of composition
#5: Layering: again this has little to do with compositon (the organisation of the "layers"). It is just an extension of #1 and #2 applied to depth in a photograph, or rather adding different planes, having a relationship/an interaction between them that generate MEANING. So this again has more to do with content than composition.
Please out of responsibility toward yourself and your au🍔dience, get some advice, help and better information (just look up the definition of words in a dictionary or watch some good (informed with expertise) TH-cam channels on the subject).
You have to realise that it is easier to improve a clean slate than having to first clean it of its rubbish before you can teach it about composition and there is a lot of detritus accumulated in this video.
Thank you for sharing your opinions. Always interesting to hear other's points of view.
@@SeanGallagherPhotographer well I have been a photographer for about 10 years and U found this video helpful because if you don't pick up tips along the way you get stale!