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The 25 Best Tips for Perfect Photography Composition

Seth Kravitz
PHLEARN Magazine
15 min readAug 16, 2018

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“You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” — Ansel Adams

Ansel is saying that to master photography composition, you must find a way to compose what you are seeing, what you are feeling, and what you want to convey into a final image.

We have ALL wondered why the image we took didn’t look anything like what we thought it would. We truly believed that when we clicked the shutter button, we had just captured exactly what we saw and felt.

And then, disappointment…

But, that never has to be the case again. This guide is designed to help you start consistently taking better photographs, no matter what subject you are photographing.

Together, we are going to learn to balance two aspects of photography: technique and creativity. Composition is the bridge between those two. Composition is the most critical piece of gear you have — more so than that expensive camera or lens in your bag.

By practicing and applying any of composition tips below, you’ll learn to guide your viewers to those feelings that you want to evoke and finally match what you envisioned with what you captured!

This guide will show you how to:

  • Guide your viewers into and through your photo.

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Seth Kravitz
PHLEARN Magazine

Collector of interesting people. Writer. 4x founder with 2 exits to public cos. CEO at @PHLEARN CoFounder @Technori Former EL at @ChicagoCouncil