Paul Ellis on Composition: The Search for Order (Lecture)

Cost: FREE for LIP Members
12 places

The topic of this lecture is Composition. Photographic images are created within a spatial context, the camera’s viewfinder. The captured image may then be cropped in post-production. Whether the image is composed in the viewfinder and left uncropped or planned ahead and composed in post-production, the borders of the photograph always exert a strong influence on what is arranged inside them. Unlike painting where a subject is placed within a frame without time considerations, the photographer must place the frame around the subject in a short space of time. Composition has rules dating back thousands of years (and in our Post Post-Modern world we are free to break all the rules we like) and this lecture will explore these rules to see what relevance they still have on us today.

Paul Ellis is an experienced photographer and exhibition curator, and his studio lighting courses for LIP have been popular and well-reviewed. He regularly runs courses at Photofusion and last year he was a selector for our 22nd Annual Exhibition at the Strand Gallery. He is very kindly offering this lecture FREE to LIP members before it becomes one of Photofusion’s regular courses. An offer you can’t refuse!!

Directions & Orientation: Photofusion is a 2-minute walk from Brixton Tube Station (last stop on the Victoria Line). Exit left, only one exit and take first left at Iceland into the market Electric Avenue. Then take first right into Electric Lane. Look up and halfway down on your left and you'll see a large vertical Photofusion sign, beneath the sign is a clear glass door and an entry buzzer. We are also 2 minutes from Brixton Train Station (one stop from Victoria) which is at the opposite end of Electric Avenue. If driving the only easy place to park is the NCP car park in Canterbury Crescent, a 3-minute walk away.