Composition

The picture frame is the rectangle you impose on the world around you as your compositional tool. The edges of the frame play a fundamental role in the success of your composition. They define the boundaries of the shapes that you include in the picture as well as influence how a viewer moves through an image. The edges…

Of all the elements of visual design, color has the greatest psychological and emotional influence. A big reason for this is that our perception of color is created by the mind after the visible wavelengths of light are processed by the brain. This makes color a subjective experience and very much a matter of personal taste. However, these are…