Here are some essential Photography Composition for you to learn
1. CROPPING
If your picture is losing its impact because of the background or surroundings, crop your main point of focus so that it will have all the attention. This is also very effective with portraits when you're trying to shoot in a busy location.
2. DON'T CUT OFF LIMBS
Keep your attention on the edges of your frame to make sure that the person you're trying to get picture with hasn't had any of their body parts chopped off by it.
3. UNDERSTAND THE RULE OF THIRDS
The Rule of Thirds, probably the most basic and most useful technique in photography, it works in all of sceneries and any type of subject. Basically, it is all about dividing your scene or shot into mine equal parts by vertical and horizontal lines. Simply, it about placing your subject to a single line or where the line meets. The rule of thirds works really well on landscapes and sometimes portraits.
4. USE FRAMES
Framing is a basic technique in photography and it has various uses when it comes to composition. Framing basically refers to using any elements of you chosen scene creating it a frame within your frame. Framing is actually considered a foreground, for the most part you can either use your hand on a face, tree branches, trunks, doors, windows or anything that you can see through it with a frame.
6. SIMPLIFY - KNOW YOUR FOCUS
One of the important thing in doing a photo is to know your focus. As a beginner, you can start by setting the aperture of the camera lens where it is sharpest called the sweet spot. Take a shot with the focus set close to you, then repeat the process over until you capture the right one. You can also try setting the focus point farther and farther away with each shot.
5. MAKE THE MOST OF LEADS IN LINES/SHAPE
The leading lines are all around us in nature and can also be around in cities . As a photographer, your job is to find them and organize them in your photo so that they guide towards something, even if it is something infinity. When setting up a shot, take a moment to inspect the scene for its important lines. Empty your mind, lessen the tense of your eyes, and pay attention to where they are naturally drawn to.
7. WATCH THE BACKGROUND
Unnatural items, overexposed or particularly shining regions and blocks all draw your attention from what they are intended to be, so look at your background before taking a picture. When you're working on portraits, make sure your subject doesn't stick out unwanted objects and throw the background away from focus unless it's added to the shot. To achieve this, you can pick a wider view if you'd like to work with a DSLR or choose the Portrait Mode in a compact camera. If you work with crops and flowers, attempt to create your own background with a card and material that can be slipped alongside your camera equipment into your bag.
8. LOOK FOR SYMMETRY OR PATTERNS
Please use a pattern that repeats the shot, overwriting the size / number of the objects you are taking. The eye can also be guided by shots that are of symmetry like lamp posts lining either side of a road, a lengthy row of trees or a series of arks. Just keep in mind that at the end of your shot you need a focus point, otherwise it will not operate as well. Symmetry can include also unrelated items in form, color or texture that look like each other. Bridge the repeating pattern to be distinct with one shape / colour, which is distinct from the remainder. You likely have to play around to see how the ' strange one ' position changes your shot's composition and feeling.
9. CREATE DEPTH
It is one of the great challenges in photography is to bring a sense of depth to your photos, giving a two dimensional image a real three dimensional feel. Having a fore-, middle- and background detail will add depth to your image as well as draw the eye through the picture. There is more depth to be found vertically than horizontally, and portrait photos naturally capture more of the scene vertically. And it also emphasize the subject more. Compositional Elements that compliment each other, for example with colour or by association, work well but do be careful with size of objects you use and how you place them as you don't want to shot to be thrown off balance.
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