This document discusses key principles of photography composition including rule of thirds, merging elements, framing, balance, lines, and simplicity. It provides examples of each principle with citations and images from Flickr demonstrating how each technique can improve photographic composition.

1. Compositional Slide Show
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2. Rule of Thirds

3. Merge

4. Frame

5. Balance

6. Lines

7. Simplicty

8. 1. Ravages. Rule of thirds, I think. N.d. Flickr.com. N.p, n.d. Web. 4 Nov. 2011.
2. Travis Homung. DSC05724. N.d. Flickr.com. N.p, n.d. Web. 4 Nov. 2011.
3. Glen Dahman. created with ImageFramer for the Mac. N.d. Flickr.com. N.p, n.d. Web. 4 Nov. 2011.
4. One-Speed Photography. Balance. N.d. Flickr.com. N.p, n.d. Web. 4 Nov. 2011.
5. Rickydavid. Lines. N.d. Flickr.com. N.p, n.d. Web. 4 Nov. 2011.
6. Kalpurush. Simplicity-II. N.d. Flickr.com. N.p, n.d. Web. 4 Nov. 2011.