THIS WEEK'S PROJECT: WHOLE FRAME COMPOSITION PRINCIPLES
Lots of things to remember this week.
1. Remember the background/subject/foreground balance, and use your viewpoint to find the best balance.
2. Remember to give your viewer a
single focal point to focus on. One subject only per photograph. Use techniques from last week's lesson to draw attention to the subject - leading lines, rule of thirds, background separation. You don't need to do all of them.
For this week's project you are also going to pick at least one of the following 4 additional techniques and create an aesthetically pleasing, well considered image.
You will need to use your judgment about whether you need to use everything we've covered. For example, if you are filling the frame, you won't need to consider foreground and background, or background separation. And if you are using leading lines you may find that you have already included the diagonals technique without thinking about it.
If it's too much to think about, forget the previous 2 weeks lessons for now, and just concentrate on using one of these techniques:
1. 3s and 5s
It's a basic principle of human behaviour that we prefer odd
numbers. Things grouped in 3s or 5s are more pleasing than 2s or 4s. It's the same idea that lies behind the rule of thirds from last week - humans prefer slight asymmetry.
If you compose in 2s and 4s you'll find your images are very static and a bit dull. 3s and 5s adds a bit of tension and movement. (If you want static images, use the 2s and 4s.)
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