Composition - The Vocabulary of Photography

This published paper describes the subject of photographic composition. It was based on lessons on the subject at R.I.T. from Minor White and describes such things as balance of the subjects in the photograph, basic training in photographic seeing, how to select and simplify, making the laws of perception work for you, arranging the subject, cropping, visual weight, tones, value patterns, lines, value contrast, concepts about space, composing in 3 dimensions, and controlling the illusion of depth.

本已发表的论文围绕摄影构图（photographic composition）这一主题展开论述。其内容基于迈纳·怀特（Minor White）在R.I.T.讲授的相关课程，涵盖摄影画面中主体的平衡布局、摄影观察的基础训练、取景取舍与画面简化方法、如何借助知觉规律服务创作、主体排布技巧、画面裁剪、视觉重量、影调与明度结构、线条运用、明度对比、空间构图理念、三维构图以及深度视觉错觉的调控等要点。