Outstanding Composition: How to blow away your audience
Learn how to impress your followers with perfectly composed photographs which stand out in the crowd on every platform.
Created by Thomas Leuthard
What you'll learn
- know what makes a good photograph
- know why a photograph doesn't work
- know how to simplify a photograph
- start seeing in a different way
- differentiate between different composition rules and techniques
- be more creative through different composition techniques
- improve your portfolio by making more creative photographs
Requirements
- Know your camera
- Know the basics of photography
- Know the dependence between aperture, shutter and ISO
Description
This course shows in depth how composition should be done and why some photos work or others don't. Thomas shows several composition elements which helps you improve your photos from scratch. After this course you will look at the world with different eyes and will make your photos in a more creative way.
You will learn...
- ...what the golden ratio, the rule of third and the Fibonacci Spiral are
- ...why the background plays an important role like the main subject
- ...that you can reach a lot with less effort
- ...why less is more
- ...where there is most potential
- ...how do you find the right distance
- ...how do you find the right frame
- ...how you approach people in the right moment
I will show a lot of my photos and explain why I have composed them like that. So it's a course with a lot of examples.
When you have completed this course, you will...
- ...think more before you take the shot
- ...be more observing when it comes to composition
- ...better compose your photos
- ...have more fun doing photography
Who this course is for:
- Everybody who is new to photography
- Everybody who is new to street photography
- Everybody who wants to improve his photographs from a composition perspective
- Everybody who wants to learn about composition elements next to the golden ratio
- Everybody who enjoys looking at creative and well composed photos
- This is not a basic camera course
Featured review
![Yasser Amr](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
I like the many examples in the lessons. Although the instructor is a bit slow, his slow explanations help me take concentrate better into what he says, the style of the course, on the other hand, is a bit boring in my opinion and so outdated, but overall the course is interesting .
Course content
5 sections • 32 lectures • 4h 54m total length
- Preview02:33
- 09:16What makes a good photo?
- 13:32Why some photos don't work
- Preview04:11
- 14:53Practical use basic rules
- 5 questionsThe Basics of Composition
Instructor
Streetphotography
- 4.3 Instructor Rating
- 4,303 Reviews
- 73,478 Students
- 6 Courses
Thomas Leuthard ist a street photographer from Switzerland.