Four easy ways to immediately improve your compositional skills

Just as racers previsualize the track before the race, and musicians practice chords and scales before they attempt real pieces, we can practice composing our architectural photographs even without a camera in hand. Here are four common situations for you to previsualize shots. Practicing this way will immediately improve your visual acuity and speed up your compositional decision-making when you are actually working in the field.

Steven Brooke is an internationally recognized photographer of architecture, landscape, and design. Winner of the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome and the National Honor Award in Photography from the American Institute of Architects, he is the photographer of over 40 books on architecture and design and is on the faculty of the University of Miami School of Architecture.

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