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Page 1: Composition in Photography - St. Joe's Graphic Design · Composition in Photography 1. Composition Composition is the arrangement of visual elements within the frame of a photograph

Composition in Photography

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Composition

Composition is the arrangement of visual elements within the frame of a photograph.

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Snapshot vs. PhotographSnapshot is just a memory of something, event, person or an object.

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Snapshot vs. Photograph

Photograph isan artisticinterpretationof an eventor person or object.

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Composition Depends on :

Structure

Balance

Dynamic

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Structurestructural elementsPosition Line Shape

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Structurestructural elementsPosition Line Shape

non-structural elements Light Texture Perspective Motion

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the Nine-Grid Zone- a composition is divided into nine

zones. These zones are produced by dividing the frame into thirds vertically and horizontally.

-if you examine the grid, you’ll see that you have three choices for positioning a subject vertically: top, centre, and bottom. You also have three choices horizontally: right, centre, and left. This gives you a total of nine choices.

- Weighing a photograph 7

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NINE ZONE GRID - PositioningPositioning of the dominant subject of a photograph in a zone is called weighting.

bottom weighted = firmly grounded

top weighted = top heavy or far away

centre weighted = static, boring,

weighted left / right = movement

**most photographers suggest placing subject matter on or around the grid lines for maximum interest and effect. However, these are just guidelines and not rules.

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the Nine-Grid ZoneSome effects we can achieve by positioning

weighing toward the bottom

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the Nine-Grid Zone

centre-weightedphotograph

(static subject)

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the Nine-Grid ZoneSlightly off centre,

weighted toward the top, bottom, one side….

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Line and ShapeLine and Shape are the building

blocks of the photograph.

Control them and Don’t allow them to control you.

They can help to control the eye of the viewer when exploring your photograph.

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Line and ShapeLine and Shape are the building

blocks of the photograph.

Control them and Don’t allow them to control you.

They can help to control the eye of the viewer when exploring your photograph.

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Line

We have 3 types of lines :

Horizontal Vertical Diagonal

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HOriZontal lineMakes you feel relaxed

The distant horizon.

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HOriZontal lineMakes you feel relaxed

The distant horizon.

Why do you think the photographer put the line on the upper line zone and didn’t used the lower ?

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VertiCal line

You feel the power of Height

Specially when the photo is in the portrait format

Eg. a building, a tree, a person.

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DiaGonal line

The strongest type,Use it to guide your

viewers eye to your main subject

Also, imagine it makes the flat 2D plane of a photograph into a 3D sense

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DiaGonal line

The strongest type,Use it to guide your

viewers eye to your main subject

Also, imagine it makes the flat 2D plane of a photograph into a 3D sense

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Shape

The shape affect the photograph by two ways :

where it is = positive spacewhere it isn't = negative space

Composition takes care to make the positive space interesting

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Shape

What is the negative space?The area between the

borders of the shape and the borders of the frames

The closer these borders to each others the more interesting the negative space will be

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Balance

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BalanceBalance is an equal

relationship between two things or more.

A photograph is balanced when various elements weigh the same

That doesn’t necessarily mean they should take the same amount of space.

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DynamicDynamics are all about

movement. It is the movement of a viewer's eye as it explores a photograph.

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DynamicIdeal dynamic,1-Move begin with the most important subject (primary subject)2-Proceeds to less Important ones (secondary subjects)3-Makes a full circle back to the primary subject again

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DynamicIn a poorly composed photographThe eye of the viewer may stuck to one of the secondary objects

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DynamicIn a poorly composed photographThe eye of the viewer may stuck to one of the secondary objects

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DynamicHow can we do to control the dynamic of the

image?

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DynamicHow can we do to control the dynamic of the

image?

-Try to arrange subjects

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DynamicHow can we do to control the dynamic of the

image?

-Try to arrange subjects in the frame-Try to make the main

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DynamicHow can we do to control the dynamic of the

image?

-Try to arrange subjects in the frame-Try to make the mainsubject large

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DynamicHow can we do to control the dynamic of the

image?

-Try to arrange subjects in the frame-Try to make the mainsubject large-Try to make it close -Try to make your main subject different than the backgroundby high contrast

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DynamicHow can we do to control the dynamic of the

image?

-Try to arrange subjects in the frame-Try to make the mainsubject large-Try to make it close -Try to make your main subject different than the backgroundby high contrastby colours-Use lines to guide the viewer

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Dynamic

Using lines in a dynamic composition

In this photograph you feel the diagonal lines leading your eye.

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DynamicImplied lines

Implied line is achieved if a person in a photograph is looking at another subject in it.

The viewers eye will naturally look to see what the other subject is.

Similarly, many objects can point at others. A fence, for example, can lead the viewers eye to a tree, even if it does not touch the tree, the viewer’s eye will follow the fence until it finds the next subject.

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DynamicImplied lines

Implied line is achieved if a person in a photograph is looking at another subject in it.

The viewers eye will naturally look to see what the other subject is.

Similarly, many objects can point at others. A fence, for example, can lead the viewers eye to a tree, even if it does not touch the tree, the viewer’s eye will follow the fence until it finds the next subject.

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