CHAPTER
4
COMPOSITION
This chapter is all about the fun stuff, the creative aspect of photography aside from camera settings. Composition is all about what you decide to show in your photo and what you leave out. There are some technical aspects when it comes to lenses and apertures, but we will keep this as simple as possible with lots of examples. Let’s start with the first compositional choice you make: which lens to use.
Lens Basics
When you see something that you want to photograph, one of the very first things to think about is which lens or focal length to use. Do you want to capture a wide vista or just a small part of the scene? Are you able to get closer to change your view or are you limited by where you can stand? Lenses come in a ...
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