Improve your photography compositions with some basic practice ideas. I chose Lines!

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In this video I show how I choose a photography topic to practice my compositions and this time I have chosen LINES! Lines are everywhere we look and to incorporate them into your photography can make for interesting photographs. Try it!

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[toine]

Hello, Roger
Although I stopped doing analog photography a while ago, I find your channel very interesting.
I mainly work in black and white, but digitally.
Because we have moved to an adapted home, and I am disabled, there is no longer room for a dark room. Which I've had for years.
But so be it. I really enjoy watching your channel. Firstly because of the information you provide, but certainly also because of how you profile yourself.
You would be a great teacher, man.
And we have the same barber 😀
You could be my neighbor that I would go out and photograph with.
Kind regards from the Netherlands,
Antoine.

[rockartistet]

Fantastic inspiration. I’m too caught up with gear . So it’s about time I used my equipment more effectively

[RicardoRMedina]

I appreciate this episode! Very inspiring! It reinforces my personal motto "It's not what you see, it's how you see it". Cheers from Florida USA!

[davidvirak]

Great video. I like doing the same thing around my city as there are so many possible compositions. Your video is a good reminder for me to keep my mind open for possible compositions that will look good in picture. I am inspired to go out and challenge myself to take a jaunt downtown and find some good lines that will look good in a frame. Thanks for your video!

[erichstocker]

Nice explanation of compositional concepts!! I especially appreciate you say a guideline with rule of thirds as there are really no rules in photography. As always really great video

[carbonejack]

Very good instructions and examples. It inspires me to go do some of this stuff. I'm not good at isolating compositions. Love your videos. As an aside, I was listening to this here in the USA (Florida) and my wife came in and asked me what I was listening to. I said it is a photographer I follow on YouTube. Why do you ask, I said. She said, Oh, I thought it was the BBC.

[KJBFISHING]

I went to Solent in Soton, so seeing West Quay and the rest of it brings back a lot of memories. Loving all the compositions you use too

[mikesmith-pond]

Another great video. Not only lines, but a good demo of how to use something to break up the monotony and to give them scale.

My favorite composition was one that you didn't take. I love the way that the building/water/sky is framed between the bushes at 11:45.

[neilmartin]

Great inspiration. Tried lines just around the back garden. Much harder than I thought but made me think a lot more about composition. Cheers

[RussellEaling]

Another really enjoyable episode, I appreciate the know how with the show how, keeping it simple and informative. What it's made me think about is not worrying about have you got this lens, or that camera, just grab a camera and a lens and have a topic or theme and shoot that, where ever you are I bet you'll find something to shoot. I know procrastination and the worry of not knowing all the basics of composition certainly hold me back from photographing more than it should.

[kyletraynor]

I really enjoyed this episode. Thanks.

[WintherKl]

Love stuff like this....I always try to incorporate some ideas before shooting, this episode just gave an extra inspiration towards that :)

[ianlainchbury]

This is really useful Roger! I'll bear this in mind when out with my camera.

[kdj.imagery]

Love that shot of Paul, also like the grain in it spot on! Bit of some photography lingo, did you know that the Nikon F3 was the first DSLR ever made? It was gutted and kitted with the digital bits along with a separate ccd that looked like the first cell phone. It was produced for the press and sold for around $20, 000!

[rick-fstop-lewis]

You keep giving me inspiration....can you send me some motivation...ROFL. Well wishes to you and your lovely wife and daughter...and of course George.

[DavidLstar]

The area around Westquay really does lend itself to interesting shapes. I have used it many times.

[cnicolo]

Thank you Mate interesting and inspiring… cheers 🍻

[TristanColgate]

I think I'm only just getting to the point where my brain is overwhelmed with the mechanics of a manual camera and can really start thinking about composition (I'm a bit over a year in to a photography journey that I started specifically to improve my composition skills for painting, kind of got a bit sidetracked :D )

[stevecooney]

Another great idea for a theme. Thank you.

[markglore]

This is where a viewing card can be really handy. Just a piece of cardboard with a cut out to match whatever aspect ratio or format you're using.