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Photographic Composition Guidelines
- 1. Photographic Composition – M.V.Ramachandran
- 3. Composition Composition is the selection and arrangement of objects in the picture area. A well composed photograph is more attractive and pleasing to the viewer. There are 6 guidelines to follow to get well-composed photographs.
- 4. Composition 1. Simplicity 2. Rule of Thirds 3. Lines 4. Balance 5. Framing 6. Mergers
- 6. Simplicity
- 7. Simplicity Compare the simple photo on the left... … with the busy photo on the right. Which one do you prefer?
- 8. Simplicity
- 9. Simplicity
- 10. Simplicity
- 12. Think through your Camera
- 16. Rule of Thirds
- 17. Rule of Thirds Subject Placed in Lower Right
- 18. Rule of Thirds Have a strong center of interest
- 19. Rule of Thirds
- 20. Rule of Thirds Horizons High or Low Subject in Lower Left
- 21. Rule of Thirds
- 22. Rule of Thirds
- 23. Rule of Thirds
- 24. Rule of Thirds The boat has room to move in this picture.
- 25. Rule of Thirds
- 31. Dynamic symmetry
- 33. Balance
- 34. Balance Having good balance can help to prevent having a picture that looks lopsided. Provide objects and shapes on either side of the picture to compliment each other. Also provide visual support to objects that need it.
- 35. Balance The wheel has visual support on both sides of the picture.
- 36. Balance In this picture the wheel on the right is not in the picture and the Wheel lacks support.
- 38. Balance The Bison on the right balances the people on the left.
- 39. Balance The Bison on the right balances the people on the left.
- 44. Framing The trees in the foreground provide a frame for the mountain in the background. Also, the mountain has been placed in the upper left corner to meet the rule of thirds.
- 45. Framing This photograph does not have a lot of framing but it has an obvious foreground, middle ground and background.
- 46. Framing
- 47. Framing Overhanging branches and plants in the foreground provide a frame for the lake and trees. The person has been placed in the lower right.
- 48. Framing
- 49. Framing
- 50. Framing
- 51. Framing This photograph does not have a lot of framing but it has an obvious foreground, middle ground and background.
- 52. Fill the frame
- 53. Fill the frame
- 55. Mergers In the picture on the left the tree in the background appears to be coming out of the person’s head. This is a merger that can be avoided by simply moving your vantage point.
- 56. Mergers A common mistake when photographing large groups of people is to not fit everyone in the picture. This results in people being cut off. This is a Border Merger.
- 57. Mergers Balloon Head? Much Better!
- 60. Lines
- 61. Lines
- 62. Lines
- 63. Lines
- 64. Lines
- 65. Lines
- 66. Lines S-Curve
- 67. Lines S-Curve
- 71. Lines
- 72. Lines
- 73. Lines
- 74. Cropping
- 77. Composition Remember, these are guidelines, not Rules. You may only use 1 or 2 of these guidelines at a time. Try them and see if your photos improve.
- 78. Tone is probably the most intangible element of composition TONE Tone may consist of shadings from white-to-gray-to-black The use of dark areas against light areas is a common method of adding the feeling of a third dimension to a two-dimensional black-and-white picture. Tones are mostly light and airy, the picture portrays lightness, joy, or airiness .
- 79. EMPHASIS or Focal Point Emphasis in a composition refers to developing points of interest to pull the viewer's eye to important parts of the body of the work.
- 81. Example of digital refocusing
- 82. Pattern
- 84. Pattern
- 86. Texture