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Composition 101 / Show the Original, Photography, Fujinon XF 16-55mm f/2.8, Fujifilm X-T2, Black & White, Architectural Photography [composition 101 f] Composition 101 / Show the Original, Photography, Fujinon XF 16-55mm f/2.8, Fujifilm X-T2, Black & White, Architectural Photography [composition 101 o]

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  • ƒ/6.4
  • 1/170s
  • ISO 200
  • 22/2/17

Composition 101

2nd June 2017

 by David J. Nightingale

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One of the compositional exercises I often set our students on our Venice Carnival Photo Tour is to shoot a set of images that break the rules, not because there’s any inherent benefit in doing so – generally speaking these rules serve us well – but to impose a frame of mind where nothing can be taken for granted. It’s a useful visual exercise, and often makes you look at a subject in quite unexpected ways.

This was my effort during that session, shot to illustrate that you can place a focal point in the exact centre of an image.

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