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Composition
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An image without form
and structure is like a
novel without a plot!
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E
very element in animage is important!
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What doesn't add to yourimage will detract from it.
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The naming of the parts.What are elements that matter?
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The frame!
Each image is framed bythe viewfinder
Portrait?
Landscape?
Square?
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The relationship of the
image to its frame.
Four straight lines in anyimage
How do they interact with
the image
Amputations?
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Amputation as a means
of drawing attention.
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Cropping later
Crop to suit the image
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Square images give a sense of
solidity or stability
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Negative Space
Empty space around an
object
Space between an object
and the frame
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Visual WeightEvery element in an image has visual weight
An element that dominates has more visual
weight
Incidental elements should have less visual
weight than main elements
Elements having equal weight produce abalanced image
One element domination another gives an image
a dynamic quality
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Balance
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Dynamic
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Dominant
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ule
of thirdsGood or bad?
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One third - two thirds
If we spend time
following the rule of thirds
and place ours main
subject on the third - it
leaves us with two thirds
of the image to think
about.
The two thirds is the
most important!
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The important two thirds
What youput in the other two thirds will make or
break your image.
That is where your attention should be.
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How to handle the two
thirds
Leave it blank or out of
focus
Find some leading lines
Find some diminishing
scale to create depth
Find a contrasting or
complementing color
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The Power of lines
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ajorElements
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SimplicityLines
Curves
ShapesDepth
Focus
Color
Tone
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KISS
Simplicity is the key to most good
pictures. The simpler and more direct a
picture is, the clearer and stronger is theresulting statement.
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Simplicity
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Lines
Horizontal
Vertical
Diagonal
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Vertical lines
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Vertical Lines
Vertical lines are familiar also in the form of
the standing human figure or trees. When
including vertical lines in your image you mustconsider whether to give that image stability
by anchoring your vertical line to a base or
whether to give your image movement and
possible tension by cutting the vertical off
from its base.
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Horizontal and Vertical
Lines
Combining horizontal and vertical lines in
an image can create a sense of equilibrium,
as one acts as a stop to the other.
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Diagonal Lines
Of all lines, diagonals introduce the most dynamism in apicture. Freed from the confines of having to align
vertically or horizontally with the frame boundaries,
diagonals offer an infinite array of potential angles. They
provide an even stronger sense of direction than other
lines.
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Leading lines
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Curves
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Curved Lines
Curved lines are unique in that they convey a
progressive and less direct change of directionthat straight lines. However, in photographs,
many curves lead the eye in a recognizable
direction.
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C curves
Add a feeling of softness
to the feel of an image
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S Curves
S shaped curves are a
classic shape to includein a photograph. The
shape of the S gives a
restful and balanced
feeling to the image and
leads the eye gentlyaround the scene or into
the distance
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Circles
Provide enclosures and
frames
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Rectangles
Rectangles abound in man-made
structures but are less common in
nature. They are useful incomposition because they are the
simplest and easiest means to
divide the frame. However, care
must be taken to align the edges
perfectly with the edges of the
frame for the image to have a
sense of symmetry and balance.
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Triangles
Triangles, whether actual or implied are one of the most important
shapes in photographic composition. Look for triangular shapes in
your images. Our brains unconsciously connect objects and into
patterns and shapes. Triangular shapes are simple to construct or
imply. The corners of the rectangular frame already provide twosides of a triangle so it only requires a single diagonal line, real or
implied, for the brain to see a triangle. Natural convergence of
horizontal lines also created triangles. They can be both dynamic
because of the diagonals and stable if they have a level base. They
exist every where there are three points in an image except where
the points are in a straight row.
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Triangles
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Rule of threes
Three elements make a
straight line or a triangle
Two elements can
become a tennis match
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Leading lines create
depth
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Visual stepping stonesLeading lines
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Leading lines createpathways through a
frame .They allow you to hold a viewers hand and lead
them around the image.
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Do it with purpose!
Every line, object, element in an image should
have a purpose.
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Creating depth
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Things that create depth
Leading and converging lines
Similar objects diminishing in scale
Gradation of tone (dark to light)
Overlapping layers
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Leading the viewer's eye
The eye travels along the
chain and then across
the bridge
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Object in sharp focus as being more important
Expect the central element to be in sharp focus
Central element to be close to the frame center
A balance of contrast bright less than dark
Elements similar in color will be seen as connected
Elements similar in size will be seen as connected
Implied connections such as eye contact will be assumed to be
real
Shafts of light will direct a viewers eye to an object
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Viewer will be drawn to lighter areas of the image
Converging lines will be treated as evidence of depth
Diagonal lines point the most strongly
Water horizon needs to be straight
Larger scale objects are assumed to be closer than smaller scale
objects
Isolated elements draw the eye
Will notice recognizable elements above non-recognizable.
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The Human Element
Human elements will be noticed before other elements
Aface will be noticed before other human elements
A face in focus will be noticed ahead of one that is not
Eyes will be noticed before any other body part
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Tone and Color
Warm colors are seen as being more restful
Contrasting colors make stronger images
Complementary colors make restful images
Red proceeds blue recedes
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