Composition

Outdoor videography can sometimes be a bit trickier than inside because you're making video in an uncontrolled environment. This DVD includes videography tips that every outdoor videographer needs to know.

Nature created it; visual artists follow it. Using aesthetically-pleasing framing creatively draws your viewer into your shot composition.

Shooting video to look like film

Whether it's shooting a wedding, baseball game, church service or two-person interview, shooting it with more than one camera can be a time-saving and very creative endeavor.

Beauty might be in the eye of the beholder, but a great photo is due to well-executed and thought-out composition. Take your seats, it's time for the Advanced Class in Composing.

What makes great art great? Composition. In this first of two parts, we'll reveal some of the secret tricks of composition that the Masters use

A basic understanding of the rules of composition will help you frame for maximum impact and ultimately enhance the outcome of your finished piece.

Multitasking when you are directing is not easy but sometimes necessary. Here are a few suggestions.

Wide-angle and telephoto lenses render images differently from the way we naturally see things. Skilled videographers can exploit these differences to create effective shots.

"Shoot to Show" and "Shoot to Edit" are two different styles requiring different methods of planning. No one knows these techniques better than a run-and-gun News Photographer.

When one shot flows into another seemingly seamlessly, you've got the makings of good shot composition.

Have you ever wanted to wrestle a camcorder away from Uncle Buck while at a

Available light can be all you need if you patiently think through your options and wisely exploit the location.

Readers' letters

Our subscribers give advice, and share lessons learned in their videography experience.

How to manipulate the viewer into watching one portion of your movie, while other events continue along in the scene.

Give some pizzazz to your videos with a few simple techniques.

The Ins and Outs of Manual Control.

You don't have to be George Gershwin to be a great composer. Just carefully arrange your video scenes, and you'll achieve visual harmony.

We're not talking music videos here; we're talking visual music.

Framing your video images helps your viewers see what you want them to see and understand what you want them to understand. In this article, you'll learn the basic rules of composition -- and when to break them.

Spinning a good tale is as important to video as having good gear.

Attention to framing will make any video more interesting.

Good shot composition is at the heart of attractive video.

Learn the answers to some common camcorder conundrums.

Learn to shoot video with the mind of an editor and your editing will be faster, easier and a lot more fun.

Learn the language of editing and edit like the pros.

Learn proper composition and framing techniques to enhance the emotional content of your video proojects.

Learn how to apply four major directing tools: point of view, composition, perspective and movement.

Good video composition doesn't require years of artistic training. Fluency in some basic axioms will suffice.