A while ago, as part of my Photography Fundamentals series, I wrote a post entitled “Mastering Composition.” In that post, I discussed some of the basics that every photographer needs to learn in order to create beautiful compositions. We learned about the Rule of Thirds, how geometry affects composition and how to use a wide tonal range to add richness to your images.

​Those things are all great starting points, but composition goes much, much deeper than that. Edward Weston once said, “Composition is the strongest way of seeing.” If you’re like me, you see this quote and you nod your head in agreement without stopping to consider what the “strongest way of seeing” actually means. How does one see strongly, or stronger than another person viewing the same scene? Let’s look past everything you learned as a budding photographer to find out...