Composition

1. Composition Part 2

2. 11) Shift in Horizon: • If the sky is the main focus, shift the horizon low • Avoid placing the horizon line in the middle of the frame. It cuts the picture in half.

3. Shift in Horizon: If the ground, landscape, ocean, cityscape is the main focus, shift the horizon up.

4. 12) Movement Lead the eye through the picture plane using elements of art: line, color, pattern, etc.

6. 13) Repetition/ Pattern: Avoid placing objects in rows. Vary the size/scale. Avoid isolating objects. Try to overlap them and create visual connections

7. BAD Good Repetition/ Pattern: Avoid placing objects in rows. Vary the size/scale. Avoid isolating objects. Try to overlap them and create visual connections

8. 14) Lead your Subject: • Give them space to move into • Give them space to look into

9. Bad Good

10. 15) Monotonous Content: use objects with a lot of deep detail The eye can find multiple points of interest

12. 16) Reflections: • Suggest 3-Dimensional Space • Create a new perspective

13. 17) Avoid Mergers: Mergers are created when two elements in your image overlap and blend together by accident. 2 Categories of mergers to avoid: a) Dimensional Mergers: When physical elements in your image overlap.

14. B) Avoid Tonal Mergers: • When the colors or values in your subjects blend into the background. The image lacks color contrast.

15. Vantage Point/ View Point: • Gives your photograph a unique/more interesting view • Drastically different than the usual 5-6 feet off the ground • Use unique angles to capture images from different perspectives.

16. 18) Vantage Point/ View Point: A) Bird’s Eye

17. 19) Vantage Point /View Point: Bug’s Eye or Worm’s Eye

19. 20) Vantage Point/ View Point Dutch Angle: • Horizon line is angled • Creates a more dynamic composition • Creates feeling of disorientation • Canted, Oblique, German, or Batman angle