Photography Composition Rules

Photography Composition Rules

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  •In photography thereare no definite rules. However to enhance your photos and shots there are guidelines which are very useful. •The only rule in photography is that there are absolutely no rules.
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  Rule of thirds:  This is where your frame is divided into 9 equal segments exactly like a naughts and crosses board. You should position the most important elements/objects in the photo where the lines intersect/ cross over. Most cameras offer you to allow a 9 square grid to allow you to use the rule of thirds rule to make it even easier.
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  Balancing Elements:  Tocreate a more interesting photo , placing your main object off centre usually works but can make the photo feel a bit isolated. So to solve this add a less important object in the background so the empty space is filled.
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  Leading Lines:  Toenhance your photos composition adding lines can pull the audiences attention towards the main subject. There are many different types of line including radical, curvy , zigzag , diagonal and of course straight lines.
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  Symmetry and Patterns: Eye catching compositions can be successfully made by using focal points and breaking the patterns in photos sometimes.
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  VIEWPOINTS:  Viewpoints canmassively effect the composition of the photo taken so shoot from different angles from high to low from side to side to get interesting shots.
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  Backgrounds:  A poorbackground can impact on the centre focus of the photo which makes it lack impact but having a plain but simple background will be effective and the background wont distract or detract from the subject.
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  Depth:  The humaneye automatically detects different layers in depths and naturally separates these layers out creating more depth.
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  Framing:  By framingyour selected photo the result is a more focused image which the main point of interest is drawn into by your eye.
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  Cropping:  By croppingyour image , any excess background wanted to be not shown may be taken out to make the image more aesthetically pleasing to the viewer grabbing their attention more.
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  Experimentation:  As technologyour days is very advanced with our cameras , we don't have to worry about running out of shots , you can fire as many shots needed then delete the unwanted shots so you have got a variety of similar shots you can choose from.