Photo Composition at Lost Lake, Whistler
Lost Lake Dock -- near Whistler, Canada Photography composition is an essential element to any quality photograph. Even when light may not be "golden", composition can make or break a photo. Composition is personal. Two photographers at the same location, photographing the same subject in the same light will come up with different results because their composition choices. What are the elements of composition? These things spring to mind for me. There are others. 1. Focal length of lens 2. Distance from subject 3. Height of camera 4. Angle of camera (looking up or down towards the subject, or even on the side) 5. Shutter speed (adding motion blur or smoothing water) 6. Aperture (for depth of field) 7. Symmetry or Asymmetry 8. Lines and curves 9. Dark and light areas Simply by changing any one of these, the whole photographic expression changes. An example of how shutte...