photography unit 4 lo2 framing and composition

1. LO2 - Framing & Composition
Adam Green

2. 1) Framing

3. Filling the Frame

4. Filling the Frame

5. Filling the Frame

6. Filling the Frame
• In order to avoid having over cluttered and
busy background for my images, I took some
photos where the subject filled the frame
entirely.
• The previous three examples show this, as
there is very little in terms of negative
background space. Moving in close gets rid of
distractions and sort of forces the viewer to
concentrate on the focus of the photograph

7. Landscape/Portrait

8. Landscape/Portrait

9. Landscape/Portrait

10. Landscape/Portrait
• When taking a photograph, I have a choice
whether I want to cover more of the subject
horizontally or vertically, by simply rotating
the camera in my hands. This allows a
different perspective to be captured.
• We can see more vertically when a photo is
captured portrait, and we can see more
horizontally when it is in landscape.

11. Frame within a Frame

12. Frame within a Frame
• This is the frame within a frame effect. I used
a pair of ordinary glasses and placed a pen
behind them. I used the glasses frame as a
“frame” to contain the pen.

13. 2) Composition

14. Depth
• Here I have taken two photographs of the same subject, using two
different aperture settings in order to capture two different sets of
depth perception for the viewer. The vivid background gives the
viewer an accurate sense of depth, whereas the blurry image makes
it more mysterious.

15. Leading Lines

16. Leading Lines

17. Leading Lines
• Use of leading lines in photography is a
powerful method of drawing the viewer
across a path or edited-in line. Either way,
they draw away the focus from negative space
to what the photographer wants. Directional
lines have different meaning. Horizontal lines
are calming, and represent stability and
weight, whereas vertical lines indicate power
and strength.

18. 3) Subject Placement

19. Rule of Thirds

20. Rule of Thirds

21. Rule of Thirds

22. Rule of Thirds
• Deciding where to place the subject of your
photo in the frame is very crucial, and can
make or break your photo’s key meaning and
success. Rule of thirds states that the subject
can be in the left third or the right third, or in
any “hotspots”, where the third’s lines overlap
with each other.

23. Vantage Point

24. Vantage Point
• Vantage point can affect the way we perceive
the height of something, and can affect the
way we think about a person.
• For example, the car on the previous page was
captured at a high and low angle, at the high
angle the car looked small and unimportant.
Whereas at a down angle it looks larger and
potentially more menacing.