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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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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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