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:


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