What are the Compositional Rules?
The point of these rules are to help take more compelling photographs, which draws attention to the important parts of the scene or leads the viewer's eyes through the image. Here are a few of them:
1. Rule of Thirds
Using this technique will add balance and interest to your photo. To use this you should imagine that your image is divided equally into 9 sections, by 2 vertical and horizontal lines. You should now position the most important elements of the scene along these lines or at the points the intersect, which are known as the focal points.
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My Example:
This was taken on a family holiday, it was one of the attractions there.
2. Leading Lines
My Example:
Both of these were taken in Anglesey, the water is acting like the lines in both photographs.
3. Symmetry
My Examples:
Framing
My Examples:
Here I have used 2 types of natural framing, one photography I have used the hole between a rock to capture the image on the other side and on the other picture I have used trees around the edges to narrow out making the boat stand out as the main focus.
COMPOSITIONal Triangle
Using triangles gives a great balance to your picture as well as creating a more interesting aspect of the photograph. It's also a great way of combining different compositional techniques, such as lines. This can be done by organising your objects into a triangle shape or in some cases triangles can naturally be there.
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