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How to use leading lines in Photography - Visual language

Using leading lines in photography is a staple technique of good composition. It’s a component of visual language that many photographers pick up as they’re beginning their photography journey, and luckily, it’s a technique that never real...

What is storytelling in photography?

Storytelling in photography, or storytelling in any visual medium for that matter, is at the heart of any good visual piece. But what exactly is it, and how does it differ to how we know storytelling to be traditionally told—through words? ...

Understanding Positive and Negative space in Photography

Negative space in Photography (and positive space) is one of the most effective visual language techniques any photographer can learn. As a component of Visual Language, we see it used commonly in other visual mediums such as painting, architecture, illust...

Vision in Photography, an overview

Vision in photography is the thing that makes you a good photographer. Vision is a word I’m also obsessed with; both in life and in photography. In life, it’s a powerful tool - a way to shape your direction, a target to aim for; a foresight into what is t...

Negative space and minimalism

Negative space is one of my favourite and most used compositional techniques in photography. Essentially, when composing an image, there’s generally 2 (or more, depending) areas of space - a positive space, and a negative space. Positive space is easy to ...

Understanding compositional balance in photography

Achieving balance in photography is one of those things that’s easy to learn, but tough to master. It’s also one of those things that makes a huge difference in your images, and you can start to make small changes straight away. Balancing your images real...