To take good photos, you don’t necessarily have to use fancy cameras and lenses, but framing and composition are absolutely indispensable elements if you want to attract the viewer’s attention. Unfortunately, you cannot rely on the help of equipment, you can only Rely on the photographers own experience and touch.
We know that composition can make the people or objects under the lens more prominent and focused, and make the picture more story-telling, but how to do it correctly? In order to answer this question, Foreign Online Photography Magazine COOPH has specially invited the American photography master Steve McCurry, who is very outstanding in portrait shooting and composition, to cooperate. Through his works, he will intuitively and concisely demonstrate 9 major composition techniques for everyone. If you like to play Photography friends must take a look.
1.Rule of Thirds
Take this photo as an example. The photographer wants to highlight the contrast between the cow and the hunchbacked old man, so at this time the subject should be placed at the intersection of the horizontal and vertical lines. As for other elements that are more important to the picture, they should be placed along the vertical line.
2. Leading Lines)
Use the original lines in the picture to guide the viewers gaze.
3. Diagonals, diagonals (Diagonals)
The diagonal and diagonal lines that originally exist in the picture can make the photo look more dynamic.
4. Utilize existing frameworks (Framing)
Such as doors and windows, the inherent designs in these scenes should actually be put to good use and used as photo frames to help compose the picture.
5. Looking for contrast (Figure to Ground)
Look for contrast between your subject and the background.
6. Fill the Frame
Shoot as close to the subject as possible to make the picture more focused and impactful.
7. Center Dominant Eye
When taking portraits, you can try to place the subjects dominant eye in the center of the frame. This will give the viewer the feeling of being looked at by the person in the photo.
8. Patterns and Repetition
Repeating patterns and patterns in the same picture will make the photo more artistic, but if there are elements that break this repetitive and stable situation, the picture will feel better.
9. Symmetry
A picture with symmetrical composition will look more balanced and comfortable.
