Lesson 72 of 100
Using gridlines for better composition
No prior knowledge needed. Keep your camera or phone beside you and try each control or idea as it appears. The aim is understanding, not memorising terminology.
Composition is a decision, not a rule book
Composition is simply how the visual elements are arranged inside the frame. Rules are useful exercises because they make you notice placement, but a photograph does not become good merely because it follows one.
Check the edges
Before pressing the shutter, run your eye around all four edges of the frame. Look for cut-off hands, bright distractions, poles, signs and objects just creeping into view.
Move before you zoom
A step left, right, forwards, backwards, higher or lower changes relationships between objects. Zoom changes framing, but changing your position changes perspective. Try both deliberately.