Links

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Tom Hackett:  http://tomhackettphotography.com
 

Anita DeFina Hadley:  http://anitadefinahadley.zenfolio.com
 

John Verner:   http://emptyclouds.zenfolio.com/
 

Lee Courtney: http://leecourtney.zenfolio.com
 

Cornelia DeDona:   http://cornelia-dedona.pixels.com/ 

Jeff Severson:  https://www.jeffseversonphotography.com/

Mark Howenstein: https://photopoiesis.com

Famous Photographer’s School (c. 1964), The four main elements of composition.

Picfair focus, photography-composition-techniques-for-beginners

Philip Mowbray provides and infographic of 8 Photography Composition Techniques for Beginners.

David DuChemin, https://davidduchemin.com/2025/06/check-your-composition/

David DuChemin treats composition not as a rigid set of rules, but as a visual language used to express your intent. When critiquing an image, he focuses on how elements inside the frame interact to tell a clear story, rather than checking off basic formulas like the rule of thirds.

Visual Flow: Mastering the Art of Composition. (ebook, 286 pp)

https://www.photomasters.com/free-photography-webinar

Ian Plant focuses on visual flow as the key to good composition: the way that line, shape and form, visual weight and tension, and light, color and contrast draw the viewer’s eye through the photograph and keep it there. This he says is the key to creating photos with impact. For Plant, rules are tools or guides to creative composition but should not be dispositive of the result. Breaking the rules is often more necessary than blindly following them.

Joe Brady https://www.joebradyphotography.com/

Weekly newsletter with tips and examples, mostly critiquing and enhancing his own work.