How To Take Your Photo Composition To The Next Level

Fantastic selection of examples. I’m gonna have to explore Mr McCurry’s work now. Thanks for the vid

What a great video Alex, and fascinating insight into Steve Curry.

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good walk through of principles with great examples, thanks

Great advice

This video has the correct ratio of stimulation and education

informative 9.5mins.

Your videos are about how to see, not how to hear. I don't know why so many content providers think that what they have to say will not be heard by their viewers unless they have some background sound competing with their voice. If I have to fight to focus on the content then I bail. And such is the case here. Yes. Music can enhance the viewing experience, but it detracts from verbal content. Please consider making what you have to say the focus. And if you are having trouble reading this, then put on some music and try again.

I feel like I should have paid at least $250 for this tutorial.

I love your shows so much! Appreciate your sharing your experiences!

People seem to poo-poo the Rule of Thirds but when I started trying to make pictures, it was an epiphany. When you don't know anything, having such a specific instruction of where to put things in frame instantly improved my images. Of course "rules are meant to be broken" and all that but design rules are basically universal for a reason. I have a personal photo gallery randomized for my phone's wallpaper, and it amuses me how often elements of my photos (the ones where I stuck to the rules) will align perfectly with the user interface that Google designed lol.

I just spent about two hours stopping an analyzing the photographs in this video.

Thank you for your excellent content and inspiring instruction!

Thank you.

If you could only watch one tutorial about composition then this would have to be it.

Thank you so much for all the amazing and inspiring videos! It's a pleasure to watching them! Your advice is priceless! 😊 At the moment I am listening while drawing.. so relaxing..☺

As great as always

Great summary and reminder list

Thanks !

More annoying background music

Those are great grand central station pictures!

Fantastic information.

Thanks!

Regarding those portraits with the almost supernatural looking eyes. I've always felt these were manufactured in Photoshop through an eye replacement/enhancement tool. In many instances, the colors of the eyes are inconsistent with the other characteristics of the subject--skin tone, texture, etc. It's not that I think a post production edit like that is a bad thing. I just don't feel it is an authentic representation, but something more akin to using Photoshop to take inconvenient people or objects out of a composition. Is my impression wrong? If I am wrong, hats off to the photographer and I will try my best to find the best settings to capture eyes so crystal clearly.

I have posted twice here, and they both seem to have disappeared. How come?

Excellent video....very well done. Steve McCurry is definitely my favorite photographer. I have several copies of the original national geographic issue with the Afghani girl on the cover. To me...its the perfect portrait. Thanks for making this.

This is without a doubt the best photography channel right now ( for me ) ; (ok maybe with Jamie Windsor ) . Not sure how you will be able to keep on this level 3 times a week , 😂 but thinking about it , with your photographic culture and passion for it , I am certain that you will be keep bringing more interesting content . all the best .

Excellent and well made video. Thank you

You’re like Jools Holland for photography. Only, you’re down to Earths and not pretentious haha. Love your videos. Very accessible and inspiring.

Each one of your videos is knocking it out of the park! You can launch a career based on anyone of them. Thank you!

this is like a workshop. Thank you !

Did this guy just showed a KKK rally? 😱. How did you find them? where you invited? or are you part of them?

Steve McCurry may be the only photographer where his images don't need explanation, his images do the talking. Mr Salgado is the other one. Certainly everything is subjective and this is only my opinion.

What an amazing set of images and they showed exactly the point you were making

Thanks!

dang near every shot you show the main subject is right in the middle.... mccurry's stuff is certainly very good but we are not going to learn a lot here except one other thing you didn't mention.... "pay attention to the background" and, of course. the edges....

Another brilliant video, thanks🌟

i visited a steve mccrurry exhibition in zurich a while ago. it was really amazing

Finobachi? Fibonacci

There is no one as good as Curry

What makes this video so good is your teaching ability. Sorry not a Sm fan....

Danke!

Love how practical, yet open to flexibility, your videos can be.

Despite the good advice to fill the frame, among the portraits here I found the ones showing something of the context/surroundings more interesting than the straight-on head-shots (fascinating though they also are, of course).
I've been looking for a "portrait" lens, but now I think I'll stick with something a bit wider. Alex and Mr McCurry just saved me a few hundred euros!

Very nicely done. Excellent presentation of the right shots to illustrate your points.
McCurry had a major exhibition in Graz last year. The photos were backlit, like slides, and suspended in the dark. The smallest were a couple of metres across; the largest must have been maybe six. I strongly recommend this exhibition.

Your passion for photos and reverence towards past photographers just oozes out of you when you speak about what makes them special. I greatly appreciate your channel and wish you much growth the second half of this year

Another great video.