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<blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 782341" data-attributes="member: 13196">I found learning the technical aspects to be quite simple - correlation between aperture, shutter speed, and film speed (shot 35mm when I first started out). But learning various compositional tools really eluded me. It wasn't until I came across <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Learning-See-Creatively-Bryan-Peterson/dp/081744176X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=20WCVM9X7HCX2&amp;keywords=learning+to+see+creatively+revised+edition&amp;qid=1650302129&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sprefix=learning+to+see+creatively+revised+edition%2Cdigital-text%2C61&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank">a book by Bryan Peterson</a> when things began to fall into place. I believe this book has been updated at least once since then.When my turn comes up to choose a Monthly Assignment topic, I try to incorporate one of the compositional tools as an option. I'd suggest starting with taking photos using the Rule of Thirds. When you feel you have it down, switch to Leading Lines. Then move onto Framing. These are 3 of the most basic tools a photographer can implement for many images. Info about Composition can easily be found online.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hark, post: 782341, member: 13196"] I found learning the technical aspects to be quite simple - correlation between aperture, shutter speed, and film speed (shot 35mm when I first started out). But learning various compositional tools really eluded me. It wasn't until I came across [URL="https://www.amazon.com/Learning-See-Creatively-Bryan-Peterson/dp/081744176X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=20WCVM9X7HCX2&keywords=learning+to+see+creatively+revised+edition&qid=1650302129&s=digital-text&sprefix=learning+to+see+creatively+revised+edition%2Cdigital-text%2C61&sr=1-1"]a book by Bryan Peterson[/URL] when things began to fall into place. I believe this book has been updated at least once since then. When my turn comes up to choose a Monthly Assignment topic, I try to incorporate one of the compositional tools as an option. I'd suggest starting with taking photos using the Rule of Thirds. When you feel you have it down, switch to Leading Lines. Then move onto Framing. These are 3 of the most basic tools a photographer can implement for many images. Info about Composition can easily be found online. [/QUOTE]

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