What are the photographic composition skills?

Photographic composition skills: Friends who want to learn photography must learn composition, which can enhance the artistic effect of the picture. Below we have sorted out eight basic composition methods for you, which are simple but most used.

1. Horizontal line composition

Horizontal line composition is often used to express broad scenery, such as sea, lake and grassland.

When taking pictures, you can make a composition according to the position of the horizontal line to show the subject. For example, the subject of our shooting is the lake, so we can put the horizontal line in the position of 1/4 or 1/5 of the picture, and highlight the lake below the horizontal line.

Then if your subject is the sky, the horizontal line can be arranged at the lower 1/4 or 1/5 of the picture.

2. Vertical line composition

Vertical line composition is often used to represent trees or buildings, which will give people an upward, firm and straight feeling.

If you want to show trees growing upward or other vertical scenery, it is best not to leave a blank space at the top of the photo, so as to leave the audience with the subject extending indefinitely.

3. S-shaped curve composition

If there is an S-shaped curve in the picture, you can consider using this composition, which is generally used to represent the figure of women, or it is often used when shooting rivers and roads.

4. Diagonal composition

Diagonal composition, that is, the subject image in the picture appears as inclined lines, which will give a stronger sense of movement visually. In general, this kind of composition is often used when shooting fierce racing cars or other speed competitions.

5. Triangle composition

Triangle has stability, which is known to all, and this composition method is also effective when taking pictures. Used to express the sense of stability of characters and the grandeur of nature.

6. Guide line composition

This composition technique is often used to shoot bridges or straight roads, which makes the picture have a strong sense of depth and enhances the mystery and unknowns at the end of the picture.

For example, in the photo below, the stone pile in the foreground is a guiding line, which leads people's eyes to the farthest boat.

7. Scattered point composition

Scattered point composition is to form a picture with the shapes of scattered points, and its main feature is that "the shape is scattered but the spirit is not scattered". It is more commonly used to shoot cows, sheep or horses on the ground, or flowers scattered on the grass. Make the picture have a strong sense of rhythm.

8. Three-way composition

Divide the whole picture into nine identical areas, and arrange the subject at the four intersections of the dividing lines or on any dividing line when shooting.

Trigonometric composition can avoid dull and boring pictures.

If you are still a novice photographer, you might as well write down these eight composition methods and study them well. Although they seem simple, you can also make a good film if you use them well.