Composition Photography Course

Composition is a difficult topic to teach.

Some photographers teach composition with a top-down method that tells photographers “follow this rule,” “don’t do that,” and “always do this.” But the big problem with this approach is that every photographer has their own way of seeing the world. Such a heavy-handed approach to composition will quickly crush the spark.

On the other hand, a bottom-up approach tells photographers things like “do what feels right” and “it’s completely up to you.” And to be frank, even though those are probably true, they aren’t very helpful or actionable.

If you found your way to this course, I’m assuming it’s because you want to improve your composition skills in a concrete way and put some new techniques into practice. You probably don’t want to be crushed by top-down rules or just keep hearing over and over that “anything goes.”

My hope is that this course avoids those pitfalls and actually teaches you something useful. It’s a Seven-chapter course, and it covers the most important aspects of composition from the ground up.