The Art of Composition with Tony Worobiec

Tony was someone that was recommended by several people as someone that we should invite to come and speak to the community. I am so pleased to welcome Tony to Camversation again.

From Tony:

 The Art Of Composition is drawn from a book I was invited to write by the publishers David & Charles titled "The Complete Guide To Photographic Composition" in which I explored a range of "strategies" for improving one's composition. I started by explaining that other visual artists such as painters, sculptors, graphic designers etc are not bound by "rules", and instead they  recognise that we can all share certain design principles which  helps to add clarity to our images. Some of these, such as the Golden Section dates back to the Renaissance, as indeed does the Golden Mean, but the point I will be very careful to explain is that these concepts are not obligatory, but are there if you need them. For example "the lead-in line" can prove to be a very useful design strategy, but in no way should it ever be considered a "rule". 

Initially I will start by taking a conventional view of photography, but then consider how we can achieve a personal style through composition. 

About Tony

Author of 17 books, Tony Worobiec studied fine art at The University of Newcastle upon Tyne and spent 18 years as head of a large design faculty in Dorset. He has won awards for photography in the UK and internationally, and has had work exhibited in London’s Barbican Gallery, Bradford’s National Museum of Photography, The Menier Gallery London and The Fox Talbot Museum Lacock. Dozens of his photographs have been used for book or album covers.

His work has appeared in more than a 100 photographic magazines both here in the UK and in America. He has been invited to write extended articles for well respected photographic magazines such as Black & White Photography, Practical Photography, Total Digital Photography, Digital Photo, Digital Camera, Photo Plus and Photo Techniques USA. Several of his articles have also been published in the German magazine, Canon Foto

A Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, Tony is a fine art photographer with work in the permanent collection of The RPS, The Fox Talbot Museum and in numerous corporate and private collections here in the UK, in Europe, Japan and in The States.

Please do check out Tony's website: https://www.tonyworobiec.com/

This talk will be recorded and made available for four weeks after the event