30 Tips for Composing Photos

  1. Rule of Thirds

  2. Frame Within a Frame

  3. Centering & Symmetry

  4. Leading Lines

  5. Foreground Depth & Interest

  6. Triangles & Diagonal Lines

  7. Creating Patterns

  8. Pattern Breaking

  9. Texture

  10. Rule of Odds

  11. Simplicity

  12. Filling the Frame

  13. Using Black & White

  14. Negative Space

  15. Photographing From Below

  16. Photographing From Above

  17. Analogous Colors

  18. Complementary Colors

  19. Monochromatic Colors

  20. Balance in a Scene

  21. Contrast

  22. Rule of Space

  23. Juxtaposition

  24. Golden Ratio

  25. Golden Triangles

  26. Layers

  27. "Decisive Moment"

  28. Human Interest

  29. Curved Lines

  30. Parallel Lines