Here are some fundamental Photography lessons and assignments that you should check out.  It will not only help you with your composition, it will give you a little technical background.  If you are testing in Photography, make sure you know the basics because many examiners will too.  Check it out - Cornell

 

Jodie Coston is a freelance photographer who lives in northwestern Montana. She has exhibited her work in gallery exhibitions around the world and has won numerous international awards for her images.

Lesson 1: Composition And Impact - It's A Beautiful Photograph, But Do You Know WHY It's Beautiful?

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Lesson 2: Aperture And Shutter Speed - How They Work Together.

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Lesson 3: The lens - choosing camera optics

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Lesson 4: ISO, Grain, Transparency vs. Negative, Specialty Films

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Lesson 5: Fun Effects - Camera Filters, Soft Focus, Zooming And Panning

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Lesson 6: Landscape, Nature and Travel PhotographyLandscape, Nature and Travel Photography

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Lesson 7: Portraits And Studio Lighting

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Lesson 8:  Studio Lighting - Still Life and Product Photography.

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Lesson 9: Tying It All Together

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Lesson 10: Special Requests

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Meaning in Composition by Kevin Ferrara

Today digital photography holds out the promise of instant mastery. Auto-focus, auto light-metering, image stabilization, infinite deletes... the list of benefits we get from today's technology is practically limitless. And it's easy to get caught up in their promise.

 

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Photographing moving vehicles By Shaun Quinlan

The art of photography involves many techniques and a wide range of equipment, and depending on your subject or intentions, it's down to the photographer to capture the subject in a suitable environment. A technique that instantly invokes emotion in a photograph is the addition of blur or motion.

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