The Secrets to Amazing Photo Composition

# 1 Best Seller in Photography Lighting ¿ The Secrets to Creating Amazing PhotosLearn the secrets to composition: There's a common misconception that composition is mysterious and that only certain people have that natural gift for the techniques involved. The truth is that composition involves a set of skills that you can master. Just as you can use cookbook recipes to make your favorite meal¿you don't have to be a famous French chef¿you also can take amazing photos by just following a recipe!Easy-to-follow photography composition recipes: Marc Silber has spent years studying the works of masters and interviewing some of the biggest names in photography. Now he can provide you with simple and easy-to-follow recipes for creating photographs that you and others will love! The Secrets to Creating Amazing Photos puts at your fingertips ideas for improving your skills by giving you easy-to-follow "recipes" that will improve your photography right now! Take your photography to the next level: Composition is one of the biggest keys to creating photos that others will love. No matter what kind of camera or smartphone you're using, you can take your photography to the next level and beyond by learning composition tools and secrets known to the masters of the art.Carry The Secrets to Creating Amazing Photos in your camera bag: The book is compact in size and easy to carry with you, so you can flip to the look you want and follow the recipe for creating an image that inspires you. Use it when you're out photographing to get new ideas and inspiration. You'll be able to rapidly up you photography game by learning the skills in Picture Perfect Processes.Key benefits of owning The Secrets to Creating Amazing Photos include:Taking better photographs today by learning the keys to compositionHaving quick and easy to follow "recipes" for composition at your fingertipsLearning the secrets of composition from the masters of classical art and photography

The Secrets to Creating Amazing Photos:Lighting and Composition Secrets from the MastersPreface ¿ MCSAcknowledgementsHow to use this book to create amazing photosPart One: Recipes for ____ (final number) composition techniques, with examples of each. They could be used on their own or combine themDefinition of Composition: It is how you arrange your subject within the frame of your camera.1. Framing: Putting an edge around it.2. Framing: Placing it in the frame of the camera3. Landscape and portrait.Angles4. Flat angle (head on)5. High Angle looking down6. Low angle looking u7. Side angle8. Points of thirds.9. Use geometry10. Leading lines11. Diagonal12. Symmetry13. Viewpoint14. Punctuation points15. Gestures.(Examples from Composition Made Easy)16. Steelyard17. L18. Grouped Mass19. Three spot20. Silhouette21. Tunnel22. Pattern23. Golden mean24. S curve25. O26. U27. Diagonal line28. Triangle29. Cross30. Radiating line31. Balance scale32. Emotions in composition: Mood lines zevendesign.com/mood-lines-giving-designs-attitude/search for other composition referenceshttps://slideshare.net/MarkiyanVavrykovych/uxellent-lines-shapes-in-visual-compositionPart Two: Recipes for Natural Light1. Observe light sources.2. Seeing as your camera does.3. Color temperature and WB4. Sunlight at different times of day.5. Golden hours6. Direct sunlight7. Shade8. Overcast, cloudy.9. Blue hour10. Reflected light (sand, windows, walls, etc.)11. Vermeer lighting.12. Rembrandt lighting13. Light from inside the frame.14. Motherwell15. Bouncing light.16. Using reflectors.17. Contrast.18. Exposing for highlights.19. Leave mystery with lack of detail in darks.Envoy: Putting these skills together to tell your stories: Share them with #AYPClub and read AYP.(Glossary shouldn¿t be needed since text will define and index also not needed.)