The purpose of this talk is to introduce the audience to some of the basic principles of composition and to explain why these skills can greatly enhance your images. We will be discussing why each of these elements can help to make an image more pleasing, and I will be showing examples of each principle we discuss. I will also be showing how to use multiple composition principles in a single image.

My goal is to encourage the attendee to experiment and consider using these techniques while setting up that next photo. And to understand that you don’t necessarily need a spectacular subject to create a spectacular image… sometimes that can be accomplished with those common, “every-dive” subjects through the use of composition.