Too often we don't ask enough from the images and visual content we post online. This guide will give you 10 sure-fire criteria to help make your pictures worth 1,000 words.
7. Leads the viewer's eye
into the picture…
Visually links the foreground
and background…
Creating continuity and an added
element of depth.
Cub Kahn,
Oregon State University
Leading Lines
Interestedness
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14. Show depth by putting elements in
the foreground, in the middle
distance, and in the background
Albert Moldvay,
National Geographic Society
Surroundings are often a way of
giving extra information…
Michael Langford, 35mm Handbook
Leading Lines
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19. Helps create a sense of
natural balance and harmony.
Carrie Cousins
Ratio that is pleasing to
the human eye.
Laurie Nyveen
Leading Lines
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41. Interestedness
Interestingness
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The simplicity or complexity of the
photographs may have little to do in the
end with how memorable the image is …
It is the emotional impact that counts.
Neil van Niekerk
What's the difference between a
campaign that goes viral and one that
doesn't? High-arousal emotions.
Fractl Viral Emotions Research
Emotive
Informative
Leading Lines
Fore/Background
Framing
Rule of Thirds