I am often asked if I follow some formula or rules for composing my landscape images. In this blog post I explain my approach to landscape photography, consider some of the common approaches and promote my checklist to give options to consider to improve your photography.
Two swans swimming in Loch Leven at Sunset. The swans are placed at the intersecting point a third of the way up from the bottom of the image and a third of the way in from the right. The horizon is in the middle of the image, but it is just one of a number of horizontal lines, so it does not split the scene.