The document discusses principles of photography composition including rule of thirds, simplicity, framing, balance, and avoiding mergers. It warns against overly complex photos like one showing a man with a tree growing through his head and cites several Flickr photos as examples.

1. Rule of Thirds

2. Simplicity

4. Framing

5. Balance

6. Avoiding
Mergers
Don’t be like
this guy!

7. Citations
Kent Freeman. Pismo Beach Revisited. N.d. Flickr.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Nov. 2011
Sara Lamond. Simplicity. N.d. Flickr.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Nov. 2011
Four12. Lines. N.d. Flickr.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Nov. 2011
Themactep. The Man with a Tree at his Head. N.d. Flickr.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Nov.
2011
David Paul Ohmer. Rome – Palatine Hill “Roman Arch Framing Italian Stone Pine Tree”.
N.d. Flickr.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Nov. 2011
Thiophene Guy. Tamagawa Taiko Swarthmore 4_10_07 (11_23). N.d. Flickr.com. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 3 Nov. 2011