darwin wiggett
Breaking the Rules
Making your compositions sing
When we first pick up a camera, most of us don’t know the
“rules” of composition. We tend to centre our subjects,
we split the horizon evenly in the frame and we don’t fill the
frame with our subject. Through trial and error, reading and
guidance from other photographers, we learn about the
guidelines to better composition and we stop making these
mistakes. Soon we have a formula for successful compositions
and we don’t stray from these “biblical” guidelines.
Good photographers know that all rules
are made to be broken and that sometimes
shooting at the margins of composition
can result in more evocative imagery
than following the tried and true. Let’s
take a closer look at the common rules of
composition and when shattering these
rules can make your images sing....
Text and Photography By
Darwin Wiggett
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