Composition In Digital Media Photography (part A)

 Good Composition is a key element of good photographs yet is something that is hard to define.

Rule of third

The rule of thirds is one of the main “rules” in art and photographic composition and stems from the theory that the human eye naturally gravitates to intersection points that occur when an image is split into thirds.

The Golden Rule 

The Golden Ratio has been used as a powerful composition tool for centuries. It is a design principle based on the ratio of 1 to 1.618. Hailed as ‘the perfect number’, the Golden Ratio can assist in creating images that have a strong composition, which will attract viewers to your photograph.

Vertical and Horizontal Lines

Vertical lines have the ability to convey a variety of different moods in a photograph ranging from power and strength to growth.  As horizontal lines can be accentuated by shooting in horizontal format vertical lines can be used very effectively by swapping the way you hold your camera into a vertical framing.

Oblique lines 

Diagonal lines generally work well to draw the eye of an image’s viewer through the photograph.

Curved Lines

Curved lines are all about beauty and charm.
 The best example of this would be a beautiful
 female form with all its lines and curves.