The Most Important Composition Rule That Nobody Ever Tells You!! 

I can guarantee that no editor has a table as clean as this :)

I literally enjoy every single minute, I have been watching many tutorials on RU-vid about photography, as I am a beginner only, and I found them wasting time, but Karl Taylor is the best for me. Thank you very much! I will go on line for the course, definitely!

Your introduction desk setup of this video is pretty much the best example. :)

Your work is unbelievably beautiful Karl

Short, straightforward and informative. Thank you!

Brilliant video. This is something I learnt from studying composition as a fine art student that I try to apply in my photography now. When you are shooting with the control of a commercial product set up it is easier to do this intentionally, but it also becomes instinctive with practice so that when you are shooting in a less controlled environment such as the street or at an event, this knowledge guides your inner voice when seeking a playing composition on the fly; also something you can consider when editing/cropping shots from less controlled environments. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Has anybody else noticed that Karl is wearing leading lines on his sleeves?

Thank you Karl! Awesome video as always.

Karl, as a 1980's Marketing Major, you are spot on. These concepts have been well known for ages in the Advertising world. But, they all come back to what your main point was. Creating interest in the subject , however achieved, is the objective of any good photograph!

Thank you for sharing!! Don't say nobody knows about it, know, you discovered it and sharered it to us!!! Thank you so much!!!!

I always respect and love your deep insight and learn from your valuable knowledge in the field of photography and beyond! Thank you so much Karl! You're a wonderful mentor! God bless you man!

Your channel, your art and your efforts are a blessing for more than a single generation now!

I'm so glad RU-vid recommended me this. Your work is brilliant! Thanks Karl

Wow. As a somewhat still beginner. Probably one of the most informative videos that actually kept "my attention". That really showed me, that helped me to understand more about composition techniques. Especially on juxtaposition. The way you showed and explained it was my, "finally", "got it", "aha" moment. This video taught me to be more aware of how I am capturing the scene. How to view more of what I am shooting by the examples you showed. I keep trying to keep focusing on my settings (which is first always), but then I look at my images and I think I could have framed it better. Learned a lot and you really kept my attention. Thank you!

Yeah..im agree..tqvm sifu...

Great insights. Thank you very much for sharing.

A master of your craft !!! Thanks for sharing a "slice" of your immense photographic and creative knowledge, Karl.

Very well explained and helpful. At first I wondered what you were getting at but you explained your points really well with excellent examples as to why the eye is drawn to keep looking at an image

I definitely recommend your videos to my friends. You give us invaluable assets that will continue to expand our knowledge base. Thanks!

Your ideas are excellent. My photographic mentor, Lowell Anson Kenyon (Director of Photography for the Smithsonian Institution) told me in 1976 that one should almost always have people looking INTO the picture, rather than out of the picture. This can also apply to inanimate objects. For example, an open lipstick in a product shot should aim into the photo, rather than out of it. On rare occasions, it may be effective to violate this rule. One of Kenyon's most famous photos shows a couple standing back-to-back. Both were looking out of the photo, but the mood was perfectly conveyed.

Karl, Thanks for taking us through a fantastic analysis of some great pictures. I for one have learned a couple new composition techniques (which is saying something from an old dog like myself). Sometimes I struggle to identify the elements that help make a great photo and I feel like this sort of study is important for the improvement of my own images. This helps me move from purely intuitive to a little bit more analyitical and intentional in my composition.

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good laud, this was good, i cant remember last time i watched something as informative as this about photography on here

Another nicely executed contribution, Karl! Short but straight to the point and very interesting. All the best for the new year to you and the team.

Gaining unique experience beyond the rule of thirds,thank you.Karl.

8:41 that pose is wild, sometimes the simpler the picture the more fascinating it is

Thank you so much for this video. Although short, I learned one or two key things that I believe will greatly help me with my composition moving forward. I've just recently began my photography journey (about a year) and this is one of the most helpful things I've come across in awhile. Thanks so much.

Excellent work Carl

Dear Karl as always - hit the nail on the head !!! Perfectly explained and pointed out. Thank you for your helpful and educational videos !!!

Karl, you are superior !

Those are fantastic shots!

Time and again, you proves to be the bestest in teaching photography 👌

Starting my journey with photography. Thanks for the video. I have a lot to learn

Your tips are absolutely appreciated. Your work is absolutely incredible. Your work is beautiful art. I'm a huge fan of your work. Thank so much for sharing.

Hi Karl. Absolutely making sense. Aim is to hold the vision and don't allow it to escape. "How" need to be solved as per genera, subject and reason. Thanks.

The voice of reason!

This was very helpful. Thumbs up.

Just when I thought I know a lot about composition, and Mr Taylor makes me look like an amateur 😏. But thank you sir!

Legend Level Info!

Just started learning photography. Recently. Struggling most in composition

If a free course can be this informative, I can only imagine how parked your paid course would be. Thanks Karl

Happy Holidays Karl. Thank you for all you have taught me and my granddaughter. I have followed you for over 10 years and I am a better photographer because of you. Thanks again for being the best teacher of photography I have come to know!

Awesome introduction to classical rules of composition¨ i personally would say, readability is the key. If a photo offers a random collection of items - it's like a talkative person meandering between subjects - rather then being concise. If you walk through a modern art gallery, the greatest paintings have a tranquility, expressing their focus in most reduced, minimalist way. However - should the rigid rules from photographing ads be applied by let's say street or travel photographers? I personally don't think so. Deviation from the rules brings in a dynamic element. Getting your subject somewhere - not to the extreme corners, yet clearly outside the thirds!? Having elements of leading lines or frames, without following them literally - in my view as an amateur often adds more of a narrative, dreaminess

amazing works

Wow. I would love to know how the vivid red and blue shot of the model was done. Thats a brilliant method of doing a portrait. Love it.

Really useful main point, and great sub points too, Karl. I really like the one about enhancing the 3D effect via juxtaposing different depths of field, fuzzy and sharp, aka occlusion.

Great video - very informative. Thank you for creating it.

I love learning, and this was a very good taste of the education that’s to be had

Very nice work!

Wow! Those images are top level stunning and the information is top quality too... excellent thank you 👌💯👀🎥📸💫😎🌟

Karl you are such a big help man, thank you so much

Agree with everything you said but question whether its a bit of a stretch to include other marketing/communication and psychology rules such as retention of interest and narrative as a rule of ‘composition’.

Thank you so much, you inspire me! Please more videos about editing 💕

Very important information. This was a great to the point and educating video, Thank you!

I was impressed with the psychobiological background of image perception

You are too informative, and extremely awesome with your passion.

Solid gold as usual, but can I add something? I like photography, but I make my living as a graphic designer... and too many of the images designers get from photographers are composed too restrictively! Of course this doesn't apply at the Karl Taylor level (presumably shooting to layouts from art directors for commercial jobs) but if my boss wants to license a photo for our website, it is going to need to have something compelling right smack in the middle (for the person viewing the page on an old iPhone) and also have less-important but still appealing content radiating all the way out to the edges (for the person viewing on an 8K monitor.) Same thing if a social-media coordinator hires a photographer to shoot some content: I am going to have to crop those images so they'll work in everything from a 9:16 vertical rectangle (Instagram Stories) to a 2:1 horizontal rectangle (Twitter.) What's great about Karl's "keep the eye in the frame" rule is that if you apply it, you can shoot loose enough to give me the flexibility I need, but your images will still hang together at any framing I have to use. So help a bro out and do what he says, okay?

Great advice and great photos Karl. Hope you had a good Christmas and an early Happy New Year to you.

I was surprised Karl that you didn't use " juxtaposition " , you used offset. Both terms are usable but my art professor used the former. Like ALL the time.

simply great explanations - thank you

Thanks K., Keep on rocking.

If we study the masters of photography we can all see they push us inside the image even when our eyes are trying to go out of it. It’s the most powerful tool to me.

wonderful lesson. wonderful photos.

Nothing compares to practice and chances given... No amount of theory will make anyone a better photographer with more work.

Everything you mentioned ... Was truly valuable, thank you so much. It will help me get better shots in the future 🙏😎 you have a new sub

Thanks a lot Karl, very useful content as always! Greetings from Algeria (north Africa)

*FYI - Bewbs superceed the rule of thirds or any other rule for that matter, when it comes to attention ! ;-)* Karl, thanks for all the video's and wisdom this year. Happy 2021 with all the best for you and yours !!

thank tou sir great job

Awesome class thanks for sharing.

Thank You Karl for the insightful presentation, as usual! Cheers!

You da man Karl!

After going through Karl’s course I’m never going to Fail.

How many composition mix crowded that still please to see? For example rule of third mix with leading line. Is 2 enough?

this is TEXTBOOK, thank you karl!!

Thanks mate that's a great work. Cheers!

Thank you so much for sharing educating videos people like me beginners to understand the concepts and techniques. I’m planning to purchase my very first DSLR which is Nikon D750 along with 85mm 1.8 + 50mm 1.8 G lens. I’m wondering is it still worth to buy this camera considering 5 years old?. Or should i invest in mirrorless which is Z6ii with kit lens. Purpose of buying a camera is for taking Portraits, Still, Landscape, Bird, Product photography (learning) and of course my kids. It would be really great if you throw some lights on my concern to make a wise decision.... other options I have considered is Nikon D780 with one of the lens and Z6ii with the kit lens... apart from D780 and Z6ii I have been suggesting to go with D850 with the kit lens. Thank you and looking forward to your recommendation.

great vid subject Karl, yep, how long someone looks at a work of art be it photography or any other is a key element, you can also create this by deliberately doing something so wrong or bad that it makes people question it. I got a lensball for xmas, thinking of things not already done with one will be interesting. have a good one.

Thanks a lot sir.. This is really helpful.

Thank you! This is great advice, Karl. Indeed, the composition isn't about following a rule, but composing so that the viewer pays more attention to the image.

Thank you and the algorithm for showing me this!

Thank you very much! Karl Taylor. Very interesting (valuable) informations and I like a loot how you explain the tings. Thank you and I wish you Happy Hollidays! # democratize creativity

Great. Keep on keeping on Karl

Great tips, Karl!

Thanks sir. Very useful and easy to understanding 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🌺🍻

Great video as always.

This video was vary helpful thanks

Thanks ! Your works are inspiring.. 👍

Great value video!

Happy New Year ! Subscribed !!! :)

One of the few good youtubers

Thank you for this video.

Thank You very much, Karl!

You are really making an art!

Really top-quality video but I kept waiting for the rule that nobody ever tells you. Contrast, framing, leading, lines, 3rds etc all pretty much comp 101 stuff. Fast and well presented, though.

What is the status of the Workshop in March 2021? Will it be virtual or has it been canceled?

What’s your shutter speed on? Why do i feel like there’s tons of motion blur

I've never heard someone enunciate to the level of Karl Taylor.

Ur a Genius !

Youre my favorite photographer. Are you located in the States?

WoW amazing ❤️💖💓❣️