{"id":42372,"date":"2022-07-17T12:58:49","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T16:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=42372"},"modified":"2022-07-17T12:58:49","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T16:58:49","slug":"3-great-books-on-composition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/42372\/3-great-books-on-composition\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Great Books On Composition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Michael Freeman’s The Photographer’s Eye<\/em><\/a><\/span> demonstrates how the elements of composition are applied in photographs, which are often so laden with detail that it’s more challenging to see the fundamentals.<\/p>\n

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Christian Leborg’s Visual Grammar<\/em><\/a><\/span> is a quick read that you can look at for a long time. It is very useful to consider visual dynamics abstractly so that they can be applied more universally.<\/p>\n

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Rudolf Arnheim’s Art and Visual Perception<\/em><\/a><\/span> is a classic that discusses how the principles of gestalt psychology apply to composition.<\/p>\n

Read more in my Creative Composition resources.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Learn more in my digital photography and digital printing workshops.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michael Freeman’s The Photographer’s Eye demonstrates how the elements of composition are applied in photographs, which are often so laden with detail that it’s more challenging to see the fundamentals. 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