Photography composition

Portrait and landscape

When taking a landscape photo you must turn your camera at a horizontal angle as you can capture the scenery more. My landscape photos keep to the rule as it captures the surroundings.

The rule for when taking a portrait photo is to have the whole body of the person shown in the photo or an object e.g a tower. I applied the rule as the photos I took show the whole of there body and not different areas of there body e.g. there waste to shoulders.

Rule of thirds

With the photo I took you can clearly see that I applied the rule of thirds to the photo. When taking a picture of an landscape the horizon line should be two-thirds up from the bottom. As for one of my photos the sky is the main focus point as it is two-thirds up on the photo.

The rule of thirds when taking a picture of a person, is that there eye level must be two-thirds up the frame.  As you can see from my photo it keeps to the rule as her eyes are at the correct level.

Diagonal rule

Diagonal pictures are considered more interesting than just horizontal photos. The rule for taking a diagonal photo is tilting the  camera at an angle. The photo of the stairs I think came out quite well as personally I think it gives of a illusion feeling.

symmetry

Symmetry photos can be very eye-catching and include interesting compositions. Also what makes them more eye-catching if there is something unexpected in the photo. From the photo I took both of the doors a quite identical and I think for next time when I take a symmetrical photo I will include an random object.

Balancing elements

The rule for this photo is that you put your main image slightly of centre, which then creates a more interesting  photo. You balance the weight of the photo by including an other image which has less importance. I kept to this rule by making the hat the main focus of the photo, also with the buildings being slightly faded it puts more of a impact on the hat.