Wednesday, March 15, 2017

My Most Recent Book, on Landscape Photography

My recently published book, Creative Composition for Landscape Photography, is available in both paperback and Kindle editions on Amazon.com

The cover of the paperback edition

  • This book, which includes 170 photographs, introduce a wide variety of techniques that can easily be applied to your own photography, including:
  • ·         The rule of thirds
  • ·         Centered subjects
  • ·         Positioning the horizon
  • ·         Showing depth in two dimensions
  • ·         Incorporating horizontal, curved and zigzag lines and circles
  • ·         Using triangles in compositions
  • ·         Showing perspective with receding lines
  • ·         Using framing and overlapping to show depth
  • ·         Using atmospheric layers to show distance
  • ·         Showing distance by using relative scale
  • ·         Focal length and focus point as compositional techniques
  • ·         Using lighting and texture in compositions
  • ·         Color priority and color contrast
  • ·         Single dominant elements in compositions
  • ·         Incorporating balance and weight
  • ·         Symmetry and asymmetry in compositions
  • ·         The rule of odds
  • ·         Using repeating elements
  • ·         Simplicity as a compositional technique
  • ·         Using themes as organizing principles
  • ·         Having creative fun in composition
  • ·         Combining multiple compositional elements

Written especially for beginning and intermediate landscape photographers, it includes 170 color and B&W photos along with instructional captions to illustrate the concepts presented.