The Corners of Composition

Last fall I took an online photography course called The Art of Seeing.  Mostly it was about composition and what the instructor calls the "big four."  Line, texture, color and pattern.  I enjoyed the course and learned a lot.  Looking back at past photos I realized that I am intuitively drawn to these corners of composition.  I also realized that these "big four" are corner stones of life.

Line is is the direction of our lives.  The direction may be straight or curvy, long or short.  There may be multiple lines, or one strong, unfaltering one.  There may be a fork in the line, a choice to be made.  There are no good or bad lines.  No wrong or right.  They are our lines.  Our directions.

Texture is the richness we add to our lives with friends and activities.  Family ties.  Support of others, support of ourselves.







Color is what brightens our world and makes us happy.  Color is our dreams and our accomplishments.

Patterns are the rituals we keep and our every day routines.  The habits we form both good and bad.