Week 9 finds me reading and learning about composition.  I’m still surprised at  how much information there is, and the many things there is to learn with photography.  Who knew?  Composition itself could take up a few weeks of learning posts. According to Wix Photography, there is fifteen things they compiled from their users that you should know about composition and photography.

  There are numerous photography composition rules proven to take photographs to the next level.  The way elements are arranged in a shot, play a large role in perception of the image afterwards.  One of these is the Rule of Thirds.  Basing this on the idea, that the human eye is more attracted on images divided into thirds.  This being likely the composition rule that is most well known. If it’s imagined your shot is divided into three equal sections,

(think tic-tac-toe) by putting the elements on your composition on the lines that divide this section.  Or place them on points where the lines meet.  Photography Life talks about depth and how capturing a three-dimensional format can be difficult to do.  This technique talks about placing elements on the foreground, middle ground and background.  Doing this will add a sense of depth to composition, being careful not to let additional objects steal attention from the main subject.

Natural Framing is when you draw the viewers attention to the main subject, you can use elements in the image to frame the main subject.  They can also create context or hide unwanted images within the shot.  Artificial and human elements can be used as frames as well.  Digital Photography school had a lot of good tips on natural framing.

The last one I read about was Negative spaces. Negative space is just simply the name given to the area that surrounds the main subject in a composition.  When making a lot of composition negative space, it makes for dramatic composition that catches peoples attention.  It’s noted with this technique, that it’s important to pay attention to how well the negative and the positive spaces work together.