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# Mastering Composition: The Definitive Guide for Photographers

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Review: Great Resource - The book is well laid out, with well-chosen photos used as examples for his topics. I normally get bored reading photography books because it’s more of a person saying how they did whatever they did this specific time for this specific thing. I know that serves a lot of people well, but for me it’s sooo specific that it’s easy to lose attention for it. This book is general enough to be immediately useful, but not so general that it’s low value. I just highly recommend this. I’ve been making photos from intuition and was somewhat worried that becoming too versed in the mechanics might take away the intuition or “Magic.” But now that I’ve been learning the “why” behind photo construction, I’m one hundred percent thankful for this book and don’t feel like it took away ANY of that natural creativity or vision away; it gave me more ways to be creative.
Review: The Best Composition Book but not for beginning photographers, unless they want to LEARN - I have an inflexible rule. Don't buy composition books. Edward Weston said, "Composition is the strongest way of seeing." My way of seeing may not coincide with your way of seeing. In other words, an image, whether it be a painting, a drawing, or a photograph, that pleases or interests me in some way is the best composition of that image and that subject., for me whether I made that image or not. Now this book. If you have any interest in becoming a better image maker, you need this book. It doesn't give you data, (f-stop, exposure, etc.) but beautiful images illustrating a rule or concept that the author has presented. Besides snippets of historical, scientific or art information that are interesting in themselves. Such as the origin of the Rule of Thirds. He discusses the Fibonacci sequence and golden ratios, golden spirals and other visual impacts. Read the other reviews. I am at a loss as to why anyone would give this book a negative review.. One reviewer said none of the images gave him a "wow". Well, this is not a picture book. Every image illustrates a concept or principle or rule discussed in the text.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #618,666 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #487 in Photography Reference (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (400) |
| Dimensions  | 10 x 0.5 x 10 inches |
| Edition  | Illustrated |
| ISBN-10  | 1781450633 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1781450635 |
| Item Weight  | 2.31 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Part of series  | Mastering |
| Print length  | 176 pages |
| Publication date  | May 1, 2015 |
| Publisher  | Ammonite Press |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Resource
*by J***E on August 8, 2023*

The book is well laid out, with well-chosen photos used as examples for his topics. I normally get bored reading photography books because it’s more of a person saying how they did whatever they did this specific time for this specific thing. I know that serves a lot of people well, but for me it’s sooo specific that it’s easy to lose attention for it. This book is general enough to be immediately useful, but not so general that it’s low value. I just highly recommend this. I’ve been making photos from intuition and was somewhat worried that becoming too versed in the mechanics might take away the intuition or “Magic.” But now that I’ve been learning the “why” behind photo construction, I’m one hundred percent thankful for this book and don’t feel like it took away ANY of that natural creativity or vision away; it gave me more ways to be creative.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Best Composition Book but not for beginning photographers, unless they want to LEARN
*by O***N on September 12, 2020*

I have an inflexible rule. Don't buy composition books. Edward Weston said, "Composition is the strongest way of seeing." My way of seeing may not coincide with your way of seeing. In other words, an image, whether it be a painting, a drawing, or a photograph, that pleases or interests me in some way is the best composition of that image and that subject., for me whether I made that image or not. Now this book. If you have any interest in becoming a better image maker, you need this book. It doesn't give you data, (f-stop, exposure, etc.) but beautiful images illustrating a rule or concept that the author has presented. Besides snippets of historical, scientific or art information that are interesting in themselves. Such as the origin of the Rule of Thirds. He discusses the Fibonacci sequence and golden ratios, golden spirals and other visual impacts. Read the other reviews. I am at a loss as to why anyone would give this book a negative review.. One reviewer said none of the images gave him a "wow". Well, this is not a picture book. Every image illustrates a concept or principle or rule discussed in the text.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ... friends who do it for a living that the best thing I could do to improve my skills on ...
*by B***N on September 2, 2016*

I'm new to photography and was told by a number of friends who do it for a living that the best thing I could do to improve my skills on a budget was read as much about the subject as possible. This is probably the 8-9th photography book I've read since December 2015. It's very in depth and informative. The example pictures are wonderful and help drive the talking points home. Some of it is honestly a little over my head but that's not anything against the author. It's just something I'm going to have to go back and re-read after I've put some of the lessons into practice. I highly recommend for anyone who feels their pictures would benefit from better composition.

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