composition Archives | https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/tag/composition/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:58:13 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.10 https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cropped-jane-logo-love-your-lens-32x32.png composition Archives | https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/tag/composition/ 32 32 Do you need the golden spiral in food photography? (probably not) https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/golden-spiral-food-photography/ https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/golden-spiral-food-photography/#respond Tue, 29 Oct 2024 10:48:13 +0000 https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/?p=6992 The golden spiral is a great composition rule to use for food photography... or is it?I'm a self-taught food photographer and have relied on resources like food photography books and good old Google to pick up tricks and techniques. I, like many people I now teach, found composition one of the most daunting areas. I understood […]

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]]> https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/golden-spiral-food-photography/feed/ 0 From snapshots to great shots: why slow down for landscapes https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/snapshots-great-shots-slow-landscapes/ https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/snapshots-great-shots-slow-landscapes/#respond Wed, 29 Mar 2017 14:09:24 +0000 https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/?p=2579 I'm taking a slightly different approach with this post and not taking you through all the classic composition rules for landscapes. I'd like to concentrate on WHY you are taking the photograph and what you should CONSIDER before you press the shutter. I'm a huge advocate for slowing down and thinking before you click away and end up with […]

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]]> https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/snapshots-great-shots-slow-landscapes/feed/ 0 Photo Composition Rules: Balance https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/photo-composition-rules-balance/ https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/photo-composition-rules-balance/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2015 12:15:26 +0000 https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/?p=1706   This is quite a tricky composition rule to explain and it’s one that we probably apply unconsciously, as our minds seek balance in images and art. A balanced image feels right, pleasing and stable. In a balanced image there is perhaps some symmetry and the main subjects have equal weight or importance in the shot.   An image […]

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