Friday 16 November 2012

PHOTOGRAPHY COMPOSITION TIPS

TIP NUMBER 4 - RULE OF ODDS

The rule of odds says that odd numbers are better than even ones in photography, especially in groups of three. Five, seven or more can be great too, but you run the risk of clutter.

The main explanation of the rule of odds is that the human eye tends to pair up things in a composition. So, if you have for example an image with four elements in it, the eye tends to separate them in groups of two creating a divided image. Meanwhile if there are an odd number of elements in the image, the eye can not pair up them and this produces a constant movement of the eye through the image, creating a more dynamic picture.

For example look at the following pictures:


Wednesday 7 November 2012

PHOTOGRAPHY COMPOSITION TIPS

TIP NUMBER 3 - LAW OF GLANCE

According to the law of glance the person, thing or animal you are photographing must have more free space in the front part than in the back.

The main purpose of this law is to give perspective to the scene, and it is used mainly for profile portraits.

For example, look at the following photographs, one of this follow the law of glance meanwhile the other don't do it.


Picture #2 - Correct

Picture #1 - Incorrect













In picture number 1, the back part is bigger than the front part taking out perspective to the glance. However, in picture number 2 the space in front of the glance creates perspective to the image.

This law can be used in other cases like in the following pictures.






Friday 2 November 2012

PHOTOGRAPHY COMPOSITION TIPS

TIP NUMBER 2 - THE RULE OF THIRDS

According to the rule of thirds, you have to divide your screen into 9 equal segments by 2 vertical and 2 horizontal lines. The rule of thirds says that you should position the most important elements in your picture along these lines, or at the points where it intersects.

The main explanation of this rule is that the human eye's attention naturally goes to these points when it is watching something on a screen. For this reason, if you want to catch the attention of one particular element in your scene, you must position it according to the rule of thirds.

Nowadays, some digital cameras and mobiles phones have the option of superimpose a rule of thirds grid over the screen, to make even easy to use it.

Here there are some examples:

Picture #1 - Rule of thirds
In this picture the tree is along one of the lines of the rule of thirds grid to emphasize the snow scene.

Picture #2 - Rule of thirds
You can use the rule of thirds even in portraits or close up photos (Picture #2).

Picture #3 - Rule of thirds
The rule of thirds can be used for familiar photos or holidays pictures like in Picture #3.