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Photographic Composition & Design Articles
| Title | Description | Misc |
| 15 Composition Guidelines (Dutch) | popular and reliable design techniques used in nature photography today | |
| Is it Art? | identifying art through emotions, evaluation and the visual experience | |
| The Visual Experience | the process of viewing and evaluating a work of photographic art | |
| Observation Skills | the importance of the development of observation skills for visual artists | |
| Evaluating a Photograph | different ways to evaluate a photograph | |
| Approaching the Photographic Image | ways to look at unfamiliar works of photographic art | |
| Developing a Personal Style | overview of the benefits and pitfalls of a personal style vs. copying others | |
| Perspective in Photography | the basics of perspective in photography | |
| Demystifying Composition | the very basics of composition -- perfect for beginners! | |
| The Importance of Learning Composition | control the outcome of your photographs | |
| Using Lines in Nature Photography | different lines found in nature and how they are used | |
| Understanding Shapes and Forms | understanding shapes and forms and how they are used | |
| Composition I | the Elements of Composition in Nature Photography | |
| Composition II | the Elements of Composition in Nature Photography | |
| Composition III | the Elements of Composition in Nature Photography | |
| Breaking all the Rules! | breaking the traditional rules of composition |
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| Grouped Lines and Movement | create a sense of movement with lines | mini article |
| Multiple Focal Points | balance two main focal points | mini article |
| Creative Cropping | saves an image teetering on the edge of the round file | |
| Know it Intimately, Render it Uniquely | ways to make your work stand out | |
| Reading Photographs | seeing and evaluating the compositional attributes of a photograph | |
| Artful Vacation Photos | how to take your vacation snapshots to the artistic level and have fun doing it | |
| Vision Bird | a photograph three years in the making - visualizing your photographs | |
| Beauty in Art | a look at the word beauty as it applies to photography and the visual arts | |
| The Art of Image Critique II | critique photographs in a thorough, constructive and respectful manner | |
| Women in the Wild | four of America's finest female wildlife photographers | |
| The Plover | one of my first articles about my first bird photography trip | |
| The Lava Fields of Hawaii | how to shoot the lava fields |
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List updated 6/27/08
Text and images copyright Gloria Hopkins