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Subject Placement
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Understanding Picture Composition
What is Composition?
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Understanding Picture Composition
Composition: The arrangement of elementsin a work of art.
What is Subject Placement?
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Understanding Picture Composition
Composition: The arrangement of elementsin a work of art.
Subject Placement: The arrangement for the center of interest within the frame.
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Basic Guidelines of Subject Placement
1. What is the Rule of Thirds?
3. What is Lead Room?
4. What is Selective Focus
Main Menu
2. What is Head Room?
Take the Quiz
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Rule of Thirds
• Imagine a Tic-Tac-Toe grid on your viewfinder screen
CLICK HEREto show grid
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Rule of Thirds
• Imagine a Tic-Tac-Toe grid on your viewfinder screen
• Four intersecting pointsCLICK HERE
to see intersectingpoints
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Rule of Thirds
• Imagine a Tic-Tac-Toe grid on your viewfinder screen
• Four intersecting points
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Rule of Thirds
• Position important elements in your scene along these lines
CLICK to see center of interest
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Rule of Thirds
• Position important elements in your scene along these lines
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Rule of Thirds
• Adds balance and interest to your photo
CLICK to see center of interest
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Rule of Thirds
• Adds balance and interest to your photo
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Rule of Thirds
• The horizon should also be set using the rule of thirds to show either a strong use of foreground or background.
Click on the picture correctly sets the horizon?
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Rule of Thirds
• The horizon should be set on either the top third or the bottom third of the frame.
Correct
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Rule of Thirds
• The horizon should be set on either the top third or the bottom third of the frame.
Wrong
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Rule of Thirds
Watch this video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsgEzEJ_fd4&feature=related
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Head Room
• Enough room for the subject's head.
• Space around their head yet not too much.
Good Head Room
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Head Room• Does this picture show a good amount of headroom?
Yes Or No
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Head Room
• Too low in the frame (too much headroom) makes them appear short.
Correct
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Head Room
• Too low in the frame (too much headroom) makes them appear short.
Wrong
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Head Room• Does this picture show a good amount of headroom?
Yes Or No
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Head Room
• Not enough headroom makes your subject look tall and scrunched.
Too Little Head Room
Correct
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Head Room
• Not enough headroom makes your subject look tall and scrunched.
Too Little Head Room
Wrong
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Head Room• Does this picture show a good amount of headroom?
Yes Or No
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Head Room
• Correct headroom gives the subject just enough space around their head to make them look comfortable.
Good Head Room
Correct
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Head Room
• Correct headroom gives the subject just enough space around their head to make them look comfortable.
Good Head Room
Wrong
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Lead Room (or Look Room)
• Space in the frame in the direction the object/subject is moving or looking
CLICK HERE to see Lead RoomDirection
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Lead Room (or Look Room)
• Space in the frame in the direction the object/subject is moving or looking
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Lead Room (or Look Room)
• Adjust the shot for more room in the direction the person is moving and a bit less room behind.
CLICK HEREto show
Lead Room
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Lead Room (or Look Room)
• Adjust the shot for more room in the direction the person is moving and a bit less room behind.
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Lead Room (or Look Room)
• Click on the picture that you think has appropriate Lead Room
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Lead Room (or Look Room)
• Space in the frame in the direction the object/subject is moving or looking
Wrong
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Lead Room (or Look Room)
• Space in the frame in the direction the object/subject is moving or looking
Correct
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Selective Focus
CLICK HEREto show
what’s in focus
• make certain some things are in focus and others aren't
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Selective Focus
• make certain some things are in focus and others aren't
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Selective Focus
• Think of each shot as a statement.
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Selective Focus
Directs attention toward things that are important
vs.things that can be distracting
CLICK HEREto see what’s
important in this picture
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Selective Focus
Directs attention toward things that are important
vs.things that can be distracting
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Guidelines not Rules
• In order to break the guidelines you need to know them
Take the quiz:
• Composition is an art and not a science.
http://cybercollege.com/match/mod23.htm