A GUI D ELI N E F OR.

COMPOSITION

RULE OF
THIRDS
SPLIT THE AREA INTO
T H I R D S ( V E RT I C A L LY A N D
H O R I Z O N TA L LY ) . P L A C E
OBJECTS OF INTEREST ON
THE INTERSECTIONS OF
THESE LINE.
F O R L A N D S C A P E S , YO U
U S U A L LY U S E T H E
H O R I Z O N TA L LY L I N E S .
USING 2 THIRDS FOR THE
L A N D A N D 1 T H I R D S KY O R
VICE VERSA.

BALANCING
ELEMENTS

H E R E A R E 3 T Y P E S O F B A L A N C E YO U
C A N U S E I N C O M P O S I T I O N . I F YO U R
P I C T U R E I S U N B A L A N C E D I T W I L L LO O K
L O P S I D E D O R H E AV Y O N O N E S I D E .

LEADING
LINES
L I N E S T H AT L E A D
THE EYE OF THE
VIEWER TO THE
FOCAL POINT OF
THE PICTURE.

DIAGONALS
OR TRIANGLES
DIAGONAL LINES ARE
G R E AT F O R C R E AT I N G A
SENSE OF MOVEMENT AND
I N T E R E S T.

F RA M I N G

F R A M I N G H E L P S T O I S O L AT E
T H E M A I N F O C U S O F YO U R
I M A G E . T RY T O U S E N AT U R A L
F R A M E S ( A R C H W AY S , T R E E S ,
G A P S T H R O U G H WA L L S O R
ROCKS AND SO ON).

THE GOLDEN
R AT I O O R
FI BO N AC C I SP I RA L .

THE MAIN
FOCAL POINT
SHOULD BE
AT T H E
CENTRE OF
T H E S P I RA L .

C O N T R A S T.
A S T R O N G C O N T RA S T B E T W E E N
T H E B A C K G R O U N D A N D YO U R
SUBJECT WILL PUT MORE
E M P H A S I S O N Y O U R S U B J E C T.

FILL THE
F RA M E .
G E T C LO S E T O
YO U R S U B J E C T ,
MAKE THEM OR IT
I M P O RTA N T.

CENTER
DOMINANT
EYE.
I F YO U R S U B J E C T I S
NOT IN A
SYMMETRICAL POSE
PUT THE DOMINANT
EYE IN THE CENTRE
(NOT THE NOSE).

REPETITION.
REPETITION GIVES
C O N T I N U I T Y , F LO W A N D
EMPHASIS TO A COMPOSITION.