Composition: Guide and Concept by Daniel Espana

What is composition?

espanada261 — 2023-10-13 13:42:14 UTC

Composition is where you chose to place things/items in your picture. The "thing" could be anything like a flower pot, your dog, the clouds, and things that that. It should be something that catchers the viewers attention (eye catching).

What is bad composition?

espanada261 — 2023-10-13 13:46:31 UTC

Bad composition is something that does not catch the viewers attention. It could be if you have to many things going on at once, viewer doesn't even know what they are looking at. Your picture has to have big thing (Main idea) that catches the viewers attention.

Guide line composition

espanada261 — 2023-10-13 13:54:34 UTC

1.) Rule of thirds
2.) Looking space
3.) Leading lines
4.) Diagonals
5.) High angle
6.) low angles
7.) Eye level
8.) Simplicity
9.) Symmetrical
10.) Asymmetrical
11.) Balance
12.) Negative space

1.) Rule of thirds

espanada261 — 2023-10-13 14:03:37 UTC

Rule of thirds is just moving your main idea from the middle and taking it out of the middle. We do this because out eyes and rarely looking in the middle of the picture. Usually peoples eyes move from the middle and drift away. This is different to everybody. In the picture above they moved the girl from the middle ad shifted it to the right. Putting your main idea anywhere but the middle is more pleasing to our eyes.

2.) Looking space

espanada261 — 2023-10-13 14:22:34 UTC

Looking space is when a person, or animal is looking off in to the distance and we can see what they are looking at, or can kind of guess what they are looking at, It could be mystery at what they may be looking at. In the picture above the this man is looking off in to the distance and make a weird facial expression. It is a mystery at what he is looking at but we could guess

What I thought rule of thirds was

espanada261 — 2023-10-17 17:31:49 UTC

I thought rule of thirds was when you put 3 things in your picture. Mine has one thing in the top left, middle, and bottom right.

What I thought looking space was

espanada261 — 2023-10-17 17:41:11 UTC

I thought looking space was something at the bottom (mountains) and space in the middle and something at the top (blue sun)

3.) Leading lines

espanada261 — 2023-10-17 17:50:40 UTC

This composition technique that uses shapes to direct the viewers eyes to something. In this picture they are directing the viewers eyes to the middle. They used many different lines like triangles, and rectangles. It is vary pleasing to the eye when everything lines up like this

What I thought leading lines was

espanada261 — 2023-10-17 17:52:15 UTC

I thought leading lines was when you use shapes like triangles and make them form in the middle

4.) Diagonals

espanada261 — 2023-10-23 13:30:51 UTC

Diagonals is another time of leading lines. People use diagonals to direct the viewers eyes to a point in the image

5.) High angle

espanada261 — 2023-10-23 13:40:24 UTC

High angle is when the camera is above your object. It could be called birds eyes view. Using High angle makes your object look smaller or give it a sad vibe.

What I thought high angle was

espanada261 — 2023-10-23 13:42:20 UTC

I though that high angle that your subject was at the top of the photo and you take your picture from the bottom

6.) Low angle

espanada261 — 2023-10-23 22:06:15 UTC

When the camera is below your object. Using Low angle gives it the effect that your object us bigger and more power. Low angle is also called worms eye view.

What I thought low angle was

espanada261 — 2023-10-23 22:16:42 UTC

I thought that low angle was when you put your object at the bottom of the picture.

7.) Eye level

espanada261 — 2023-10-23 22:20:41 UTC

Eye level is when your object is at the same level as your camera. Using the eye level technique gives your photo intimacy's. This photo is eye level and it gives a intimacy

what I thought eye level was

espanada261 — 2023-10-24 17:28:37 UTC

I thought eye level was when you put your object in the middle of the portrait.

POV/Perspective

espanada261 — 2023-10-24 17:31:00 UTC

there are three diffent types pf perrspective. Each type makes your photo a different type of vibe. Some make youy object look smaller, and bigger.

High angle

Low angle

Eye level

8.) Simplicity

espanada261 — 2023-10-24 17:34:57 UTC

Simplicity is a photo were there is not to much going on. There should only be one main idea and the viewers eyes should not be getting distracted by many things.

what I thought simplicity was

espanada261 — 2023-10-24 17:36:26 UTC

I thought that simplicity was when there is only one main idea and not to much going on in your picture.

9, 10, 11.) Different types of balance

espanada261 — 2023-10-24 17:40:11 UTC

Symmetrical - balanced or equal on all sides. The viewers eyes should be pleased by looking at this photo.

Asymmetrical - Not the same or equal on all sides

Radical - lots of circles

9.) Symmetrical

espanada261 — 2023-10-24 17:42:26 UTC

11.) Radical

espanada261 — 2023-10-24 17:45:01 UTC

10.) Asymmetrical

espanada261 — 2023-10-24 17:46:15 UTC

What I thought symmetrical was

espanada261 — 2023-10-24 17:48:18 UTC

I thought that symmetrical was when there is two of the same things in your picture

What I thought Asymmetrical was

espanada261 — 2023-10-24 17:50:40 UTC

I thought that asymmetrical was there was two bigger objects in your picture that were the same.

What I thought radical was

espanada261 — 2023-10-24 17:51:59 UTC

I thought that radical was when there is three different things in your picture. Small, Medium, and Big

Negative space

espanada261 — 2023-10-24 17:55:26 UTC

Negative space is the space that is around the object. It could be in front, behind, or next to. Using negative space correctly draws the viewers attention to the main idea of the picture.

What I thought negative space was

espanada261 — 2023-10-24 17:57:03 UTC

I thought that negative space was when you put your object in the front of the picture and you leave space behind the object.