The iPhone Photography Book

Patterns and How to Make Them More Interesting

When I’m talking about this topic at one of my seminars, I tell the crowd to look up at the ceiling of the ballroom I’m speaking in, because no matter where I’m speaking, the results are the same. You look up, and there’s a repeating pattern of lights and design elements in the ceiling. Then, I tell them to look at the carpet. It’s a series of repeating patterns. Then, I have them look at the walls. They have repeating patterns, too. Why are there so many patterns everywhere? It’s because people love them. We love them for all sorts of psychological reasons (this is a great topic to Google, but short ...