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COMPOSITION
USE OF CORNERS Use of corners is placing your subject such that leading lines emanate from the corners of the frame. The lines draw your viewer's eye into the frame.
VANTAGE POINT The vantage point is the position from where you take your photograph. This includes viewpoints from extremely high to low and everything between.
USE OF FRAMES Framing is a photography compositional technique that isolates a subject using elements within a scene as a frame. For example you might place your subject so that they're surrounded by a tunnel, a window, or leafy branches. In other words it's including frame within your frame to direct the viewer's eye to your subject.
THE GOLDEN SECTION In photography, you can use the golden section as a helpful tool to create harmonious and pleasing compositions. Since the centre of an image is often perceived as static or uninteresting, this division of space is often used in visual composition.
DYNAMIC DIAGONALS When a composition has many diagonal lines, it's called dynamic diagonals. The diagonals create visual excitement and are somewhat subconsciously unsettling as opposed to a static composition.
REPETITION Repetition refers to repeating elements within a single frame. For instance a line of trees stretching across the frame will repeat the same shape, over and over again.
PATTERN Pattern in photography is a regularity within a scene. Its elements of the scene tat repeat themselves in a predictable way. Pattern can be found everywhere and is commonly seen within shapes, colours or textures.
DEPTH OF FIELD Depth of field is the distance between the closest and farthest objects in the photo that appears acceptably sharp. Now your camera can only focus sharply at one point.
DIFFERENTIAL AND SELECTIVE FOCUS Selective focus isolates that subject. Choose a specific point in your image and let the other elements in your composition blur. The focus point becomes the centre of attention.
CONTRAST Contrast means difference. In photography, the most common difference are achieved by changing the tones and colours that compose the image.
LEADING LINES Leading lines refers to lines that lead the viewers eye from one part one the composition to another. Usually these lines start at the bottom of the frame and guide the eye upward, from the foreground of the image to the background.
PERSPECTIVES Perspectives in photography can be described as the spacial awareness between objects within the scene you are capturing. Using perspectives in photos allows you to evoke a sense of scale and depth by changing the camera angles and positions and using creative compositions.
THE RULE OF THIRDS The rule of thirds is a compositional guideline that breaks an image down into thirds (both horizontally and vertically) so you have nine pieces and four guidelines. According to the rule, by positioning key elements along the guideline, you'll end up with better compositions.
SYMMETRY In photography symmetry appears when parts of your compositions mirror other parts. It is created when two halves of your scene look the same and balance each other out. Symmetry defines something being clean, proportional and balanced and will make pictures appear neat, tidy and clinical.
DYNAMIC SYMMETRY Dynamic symmetry composition arranges elements in the frame using a dynamic symmetry grid. This is a series of lines that dissect the rectangular shape of your frame. Dynamic symmetry in art has been used since ancient times.
DETAIL AND TEXTURE When thinking about photography texture refers to visual quality of the surface of an object, revealed through variances in shape, tone ad colour depth. Detail shots often tell the story of the situation by focusing on a relatively small portion of it.
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