In this episode on composition Len discusses the Gestalt principle of Symmetry, and then goes on to explore the compositional elements of circles and squares. He introduces us to circular photography as a compositional device, and explains his love for the square format.

In this next presentation in the series on Photographic Composition Len looks at patterns.

Len kicks off a new series with a set of four episodes in this pilot. The goal is to try and capture the magic that happens when we discuss particular photographs, discussing how and why they work or are important.

The intention is that these short episodes are used to market Len’s Club to a broader audience. We are interested to hear your thoughts about them and if we should continue the series. We will chop this episode up and repost it in shorter ten minute bites. To make them more accessible for those moments when ten minutes is just enough.

In this presentation in the series on Photographic Composition Len takes us through the Gestalt Design Principles of Closure and Continuation.

In this episode of the Composition Series Len talks about different vantage points used in life and in our art. He draws metaphors from our language of looking up at someone and down on someone. He also tackles what it is to be an equal. The bottom line of this presentation is to look at the world from a different perspective and see what you can see.

The last in a series of three episodes on Learning to Learn. Len takes his lifelong experience as a learner and over forty plus years as a teacher and distills learning what he has learnt about learning for everyone. Whilst some of this presentation is photography related it is more often pitched at a more general level about learning.

In this episode of our Photographic Composition Series Len discusses how we relate to colours from an psychological perspective. He covers inherent properties of colours and culturally defined ones. Len even delves into sacred knowledge of colours in chakra healing.

The second in a series of three episodes on Learning to Learn. Len takes his lifelong experience as a learner and over forty plus years as a teacher and distills learning what he has learnt about learning for everyone. Whilst some of this presentation is photography related it is more often pitched at a more general level about learning.

In this episode of Len’s Composition Course he discusses colour combinations and illustrates his talk with stills from movies that use colour in their design. He talks about analogous colours and complementary colour combinations in particular.

In this presentation Len discusses how our eyes see colour, how we perceive colour and how we describe colour. A technical presentation that lays the groundwork for exploring photographic composition in the next episode.

Len introduces us to the work of Cole Thompson and explores some of his writings on photography.

In the latest episode from our Photographic Composition Series, Len discusses how repetitions talk to each other. When elements talk to each other in a photograph they often make them stronger and more prominent. We as humans group similar things together.

In this presentation Len introduces us to some seascapes by Steve…

In this episode of Len’s series on photographic composition, he explores high pitch photography. He encourages you to break the rules, over expose your photographs, explore white paper, learn high key lighting and even eventually offers you some definitions of what ‘High Key Photography’ is.

The first in a series of three episodes on Learning to Learn. Len takes his lifelong experience as a learner and over forty plus years as a teacher and distills learning what he has learnt about learning for everyone. Whilst some of this presentation is photography related it is more often pitched at a more general level about learning.

In this episode of Len’s Composition series he discusses the importance of composing the darks and shadows in your photographs. He talks about blocking in the large shapes compositionally. He illustrates this presentation with the work of Ralph Gibson, who is known for crunching his blacks and the work of Fung Ho who shows us how to get the balance between the highlights and shadows just right.

Len discusses the ethics of being a landscape photographer.

The dance of the Highlights is an important compositional consideration. Our eyes are often drawn to bright areas of a photograph. We need to use these to strengthen our compositions, other wise they often weaken them. In this the 14th presentation in our series on composition Len discusses how to see and compose the highlights.

Len takes us through some of Larry Fink's ideas on photography. He taught photography for many years and is a recognised master in his genres. His thoughtful ideas about photography have been born from this extensive teaching experience. They are exceptionally insightful and helpful. These ideas are sourced from the Aperture Foundation book from The Photography Workshop Series; Larry Fink on Composition and Improvisation.

In the thirteenth presentation on photographic composition, Len discusses subject isolation using clean backgrounds.