Principle of photographic composition

Photography must learn to observe the scenery and surrounding environment through the lens in the frame, and choose the best shooting point to get the most satisfactory composition. Here are some principles of photographic composition. Let's have a look!

Prominent theme

Before shooting, you should "make up your mind" as before painting, and consider what the picture mainly shows and where the main body is arranged. Then through light, color, line, shape and other modeling means, to achieve the purpose of highlighting the main body.

Visual balance

A photo with a balanced composition can give people a sense of stability and harmony. There are two kinds of balance: symmetric balance and asymmetric balance. Asymmetric balanced combinations are usually more dynamic than symmetric balanced combinations. The size, shape, weight and direction of the scene, as well as the color, have an important influence on the visual balance.

Virtual reality sets each other off.

Virtual reality refers to the clarity and ambiguity between the subject and the foreground and background of space. The technique used is nothing more than hiding the virtual and showing the real, alternating the virtual and the real, and supporting the real with the virtual. Its purpose is to highlight the main body, render the atmosphere and enhance the sense of space depth. Reality mainly represents the subject of the subject; Imagination is mainly to show the subject's companions to set off the subject, which is an important link in the artistic conception of the picture.

Pay attention to the composition of rhythm and melody photography, and the subjects appear alternately in the same or similar form and repeat in order, thus forming rhythm; If the rhythm shows dynamic changes such as lines, comfort, harmony and ups and downs, it becomes a melody, thus making the picture beautiful, lyrical and smooth. Rhythm and melody are important links to deepen the theme, which are included in the contrast and tone of lines, colors and light.

simple

Photography is actually "subtraction", that is to say, it is best to remove all the objects irrelevant to the theme from the picture, and the simpler the better. Especially for beginners, composition should start with simplicity.

sky

The sky is a very important part in landscape photography. Many times the sky is the main part of composition, and the beauty of many natural imaginations in nature is enough to shock people. Therefore, a good photographer should always pay attention to the changes of the weather, so as to sum up some natural laws, such as the sunset glow after the rain is the most beautiful, if the sun shines after the rain, you will see a rainbow and so on.

reference substance

Sometimes it is difficult for us to judge the actual size of an object only by the scenery in the photo, but we can "feel" the size of the scene through familiar references. This kind of reference is usually used to express the majesty and magnificence of nature.