COMPOSITION

Afzal Khan, Creative Head Hyphen Advertising

PHOTOGRAPHY COMPOSITION:

composition is proper arrangement of elements or objects in a frame of photograph, also it is a term that is used to describe the layout of a picture.

Whenever we take a photograph we immediately start to make a choice about the layout. Even we following it without thinking.

LANDSCAPE/HORIZONTAL PORTRAIT/VERTICAL

BASIC RULES:

• Rule of Third• Focus and Depth of Field (DOF) • Symmetry and Pattern • Lead• Shapes/Frames• Angle/Point of view (POV)

RULES OF THIRD:

FOCUS & DOFshallow depth of field or differential

shallow depth of field with bokeh:

Subject/foreground/backgroundSelective focus points

SYMMETRY AND PATTERN

LEAD

SHAPES/FRAMES

ANGLE/POINT OF VIEW (POV)

"THERE ARE NO RULES FOR GOOD PHOTOGRAPHS, THERE ARE ONLY GOOD PHOTOGRAPHS.“ - ANSEL ADAMS

EXAMPLES OF BAD COMPOSITION

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