Composition

Composition
Composition
Composition
How to
compose an
Image
14 Stratagies
Simple
Choose one center of interest and
make the background simple.
Keep the foreground simple
Fill in frame
Move in close! Cut out a lot of unnecessary
background
TEXTURE
Feels more real, people will look longer and
create depth. Look for photo opportunities
that accentuate the folds in a shirt or the veins
in a leaf, or ripples in water
FRAMING
Take a picture from a spot that lets you use
other objects or people to make a frame
around your subject.
UNIQUE
ANGLES
Photograph your center of interest from
different or Unique angles.
This creates a viewpoint people have never
seen before which adds interest to your photo.
PATTERN
Repeating shapes or objects.
CROPPING
For this photocomposition basic, parts of your
center of interest flow off the page .
Which is a simple
composition?
Which is a unique angle?
Which is the cropped image?
Leading
Lines
Using the illusion of line to control where the
viewer eye flows.
PERSPECTIV
E
Photos taken from different perspectives and
viewpoints.
Birds Eye
Photo taken from above looking down
Worms Eye
Photo taken from the ground looking up
Ground Level
Photo taken from the ground looking forward
Asymmetrica
l
If you draw an imaginary line down the middle
of the photograph you take both sides should
not be the same.
Symmetrical
If you draw an imaginary line down the middle
o f the photograph you take both sides are the
same/similar
Which is the asymmetrical?
Which is the asymmetrical?
Rule of Third
Dividing the view finder into 6 equal sections
and placing your center of interest in one of the
4 converging lines. This prevents “bulls-eying”