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Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

1COMMUNICATION THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY

Judging Your Own Personal Response

2WHAT IS COMPOSITION?

How the Human Eye Sees

Unified Thought

Expressing Your Own Point of View

Simplicity vs. Complexity

3ELEMENTS OF COMPOSITION

Contrast and Tone

Line, Form, Contrast, and Emotion

Positive/Negative Space

Camera Position

Focal Length of Lens and Cropping

Involvement with the Scene

Rules, Formulas, and Other Problems and Pitfalls

4VISUALIZATION

Step 1: Photographic Looking and Seeing

Step 2: Composing an Image

Step 3: Envisioning the Final Image

Step 4: Suggested Procedures for Those Having Trouble Envisioning a Final ...

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