From the course: Photography Foundations: Composition

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Examining the composition of this set

Examining the composition of this set

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Examining the composition of this set

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One of the things that I really like about working with lynda.com is the production value. A lot of time and effort and thought goes on behind the camera to create the image that you're seeing right now, and the people behind the camera are very skilled photographers and videographers. That means that you can learn a lot about composition just from looking at the actual framing that the lynda crew has come up with for all of the scenes in this course. This scene is a great example. The crew spent a lot of time organizing this set based on strong compositional ideas, so let's just take a look at what they came up with. Let's start with the lines in this image. The curving line of the tops of these monitors leads you right into me. Why wouldn't I like that? These wonderful diagonal lines meanwhile, in the background, along the ceiling, they guide you the rest of the way into the image and back out of the frame. Note the cropping of the ceiling. There are three rows of lights visible…

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