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RULE OF THIRDS
You should place the mostsignificant features in your scenealong these outlines, or at thepoints where they interconnect.
BALANCING ELEMENTS
You must balance the "weight" of yoursubject by adding another object of lesser significance to fill the space.
LEADING LINES
In thinking about how you place linesin your composition, you can affect theway we view the image, pulling us intothe picture, towards the subject, or ona journey "through" the scene.
SYMMETRY AND PATTERNS
One more best approach to use themis to break the symmetry or pattern insome way, presenting tension and afocal point to the scene.
VIEWPOINT
Our viewpoint has a great influence onthe composition of our photograph, and consequently it can seriously affectthe message that the shot conveys.
BACKGROUND
Go searching for a plain and inconspicuous background and comprise your shot so that it does not distract or diminish from the focus.
DEPTH
Since photography is a two dimensionalmedium, we have to select our arrangementsensibly to convey the sense of depth thatwas present in the real scene.
FRAMING
By placing these around the edge of thecomposition you help to isolate the mainsubject from the outside world. The result is amore focused image which draws your eyenaturally to the main point of interest.
CROPPING
By cropping tight around the subject youremove the background "noise", guaranteeingthe subject gets the viewer's completeAttention.
EXPERIMENTATION
Experiment with your composition - you never know whether an idea will work until you try it.
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