Photographic Composition

by Tom Grill, Mark Scanlon

Effective image design, a key ingredient in successful photographs, is a skill that any serious photographer must learn and master. In Photographic Composition, award-winning photographers Tom Grill and Mark Scanlon demonstrate a modern, clear, and easily understandable approach to composing great photographs. Combining straightforward text with instructive yet compelling images, they succeed in making composition not only learnable but enjoyable. This book can help all photographers gain more control over the design and productionof their pictures.

Genres: Photography, Nonfiction, Art, Art Design

144 pages, Paperback

First published April 26, 1984

Reviews

[Sean · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good solid foundational text on some building block concepts of photographic composition. The layout of the text and images was superb in this book which made it a pleasure to read. Although I felt many of the example photographs were not of a particularly engaging standard (for my personal tastes) they were certainly adequate to demonstrate the concepts being described.

A good basic text for people new to the concepts of composition in photography before they progress to more advance books such as The Photographer's Eye.

[Liquidlasagna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Recommended by Ken Rockwell


one of the few good ones on composition

[CD · Rating 4 out of 5]

You will learn something or re-learn something you have forgotten. A very sound and basic reference to composition of a visual image. From general artistic use of shapes and color to the specifically photographic element use of light, this book covers the whole topic. A book that should be on the shelf of every creator of visual art and presentation.

[Sam Shingleton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Though this was written in the era for film, it is an excellent discussion of photographic composition. The discussion of film gets a bit in the way while talking about color, but otherwise, it was excellent.

[Tgibson02 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great for Photography 101. You'll want to take some photos after this read;).

[Jedrek Kostecki · Rating 2 out of 5]

Learn composition by seeing, not by reading a book. If you have to think about it, it's taking too long.