Composition

Summary In this session, we’re diving deeper into how composition should drive every editing decision you make. I’ll show you how to break your images down into three to five major shapes using gestalt principles, helping you see the visual hierarchy that matters most. We’ll work through real examples—from backlit village streets to dramatic desert…

Summary In this session, we explored a composition-first approach to editing that transforms how you work with your images. I walked through a practical framework for evaluating your raw files—identifying major shapes, establishing visual hierarchy, and creating an editing plan that serves your story. Using real examples, we examined how intentional adjustments strengthen compositional elements…

Summary Discover how your brain naturally organizes visual chaos into meaningful patterns with Gestalt theory—five powerful principles that will transform your compositions from accidental to intentional. We’ll explore proximity, similarity, continuation, closure, and symmetry through real image examples, showing you how to create clearer, simpler, more satisfying images. Instead of leaving great composition to chance,…

Summary In this session, we explored how variation and movement give a photograph its energy, flow, and emotional impact. Through a close look at classic images by master photographers—from Bresson and Weston to Cunningham and Adams—we examined how elements like line, tone, pattern, and form guide the viewer’s eye and shape the visual experience. Thank…