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Understanding Photo Composition

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1.5-3 hours
Free

Course Content

This free online course will equip you with excellent skills to help you excel in photo composition. This free online course about understanding photo composition will empower you to master one of the most important aspects of photography - composition. A compelling photo composition will guide your viewer's eyes through the photographs and give relevance to the subject of your scene in relation to the rest of the image. This course will show you how to master the art of composition without relying on photo editors.

Course Details

CollegeAlison
Course ID196164
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration1.5-3 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathWhat You Will Learn In This Free Course
• Define Photo Composition
• Explain the importance of photo composition elements
• Discuss the importance of simplicity in photo composition
• Discuss how viewing other photographer's images can be beneficial to a photographer's growth
• Explain why cluttered scenes in an image are not effective
• Describe how you can use shadows and silhouettes to create a strong photo composition
• State how filling the image frame can be used to achieve a strong photo composition
• Explain why a photographer should incorporate leading lines into an image and its effects in photo composition
• Discuss why a photographer should incorporate the Dutch tilt technique into an image
• Explain why a photographer should leave room to incorporate technique into an image
• Describe how a photographer can integrate backgrounds and colour into an image.
• Outline the importance of practising the elements of photo composition to become a better photographer
Course Code4078

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