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2. Lines : Horizontal

Mood: Stability and rest

•  Horizons, fallen trees, oceans, sleeping people – all of these subjects have something about them that speaks either of permanency and timelessness or rest.

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2. Lines : Horizontal

Camera orientation: •  Horizontal lines are accentuated by shooting in a horizontal format.

IMPORTANT:

•  Keep your horizontal lines as much in line with the sides of you image as possible.

•  Positon lines on rules of thirds

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2. Lines : Horizontal

HORIZON: •  Unbroken horizons can often lead to a photograph feeling static or dull

How can you solve this problem?

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2. Lines : Horizontal : HORIZON LINE

•  The horizon line, which divides an image in two, should be horizontal."• The location of the horizon line also matters.

Why is the picture on the right stronger?

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2. Lines : Horizontal : HORIZON LINE

•  A much more effective technique is to place them in the upper or lower third of your frame.

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2. Lines : Horizontal : HORIZON LINE

• A horizon line in the middle is indecisive""– Generally, you don’t want 1/2 sky and 1/2 landscape""– Decide on the subject of the photo!"

• Rule of Thirds is good guidance for horizon line

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2. Lines : Horizontal : HORIZON LINE

What effect does the different location of the horizon line have in these two images?"

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2. Lines : Diagonal •  Diagonal lines generally work well to draw the eye of an image’s viewer through the photograph.

Mood: Dynamic, Motion

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2. Lines : Diagonal

•  Rather than making a line go from the very corner to the opposite corner it’s often good to make them off centre and go to either side of corners.

COMPOSITION

2. Lines : Converging lines