I’ve wanted to write about the idea of rules in the visual arts in general and photography specifically for some time now.

Using variety in your work requires much more viewer involvement which means you have to use variety in a very deliberate way.

No, I am not talking about your identity in relation to the gender(s) to which you may be sexually attracted.

Repetition is the idea that some underlying design element like a line or a form is repeated in some way throughout the image.

In photography, composition forms the underlying basis of an image – it is the “Gesture Drawing” equivalent that informs.