TOP PHOTOGRAPHY GUIDELINES

RULE OF THIRDS

You should place the mostsignificant features in your scenealong these outlines, or at thepoints where they interconnect.

BALANCING ELEMENTS

You must balance the "weight" of yoursubject by adding another object of lesser significance to fill the space.

LEADING LINES

In thinking about how you place linesin your composition, you can affect theway we view the image, pulling us intothe picture, towards the subject, or ona journey "through" the scene.

SYMMETRY AND PATTERNS

One more best approach to use themis to break the symmetry or pattern insome way, presenting tension and afocal point to the scene.

VIEWPOINT

Our viewpoint has a great influence onthe composition of our photograph, and consequently it can seriously affectthe message that the shot conveys.

BACKGROUND

Go searching for a plain and inconspicuous background and comprise your shot so that it does not distract or diminish from the focus.

DEPTH

Since photography is a two dimensionalmedium, we have to select our arrangementsensibly to convey the sense of depth thatwas present in the real scene.

FRAMING

By placing these around the edge of thecomposition you help to isolate the mainsubject from the outside world. The result is amore focused image which draws your eyenaturally to the main point of interest.

CROPPING

By cropping tight around the subject youremove the background "noise", guaranteeingthe subject gets the viewer's completeAttention.

EXPERIMENTATION

Experiment with your composition - you never know whether an idea will work until you try it.

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