Red aiming photography

The most important decision a photographer makes is to define composition rules when creating an image. In this article, we will explain how various elements become reference lines and how to add visual effects to shooting.

Guides usually extend from the lower left or right corner of the image or the bottom of the image. A good guide line will create a sense of flow and balance, thus attracting the attention of the audience.

Both natural elements and artificial elements can be used as guiding lines, and the paving stones in the photos can produce very strong guiding lines, making them deeper. Note that adjacent shapes are placed vertically, which will bring some "opposition" to the image.

Sometimes you can put an auxiliary line from the top corner, as shown in the above picture. The sharp contrast between the spokes of the umbrella and the light-colored fabric helps to create a very strong guide line, although its physical width is very narrow.

Even in an image with many details, you can still create a standard line, such as this moss-covered branch running through the image from the upper right corner. Sometimes the theme of a photo is the same as the reference line.

If you find this pattern in nature, a series of lines will come together and be completely different guiding lines to attract the attention of the audience.

Man-made buildings, streets and adjacent sidewalks usually provide strong guiding lines.

The guide line can be bent to form a softer image entry point, and the combination of three objects often attracts our attention. Notice how the three red objects in the center of the composition above help attract the audience's attention.

Different textures or patterns will naturally attract our attention. Even if you don't enter the image from the corner like the above picture, you can form a reference line. Placing bright red blocks helps to highlight the visual advantages of decorative floor tiles.

Some guiding lines, paths in the picture, may start from a wide angle and then shrink sharply, attracting the audience's attention like a visual funnel. You can also see the trimmed part of the right torso, which is used as an anchor point to anchor the eyes.

Buildings usually enable us to use auxiliary lines from the upper and lower corners for composition.

Contrast attracts our eyes and can also form a guiding line, just like the dark gray stone in the photo above.

We may find it possible to combine natural and artificial elements to create guidelines. We can see how the triangular parasol, the white beach frame and the natural curve of the beach line are combined into a guiding line, which leads the viewer to the house on the other side of the camera.

Colors, patterns and contrasts can be combined into a line. In the rest of the image, the combination of vertical separation of obvious horizontal and vertical colors produces some contrast and helps to emphasize the short reference line in the lower left corner.

It is important to remember that many composition techniques can be used when creating images, and not every photo has or needs guidance. However, when we can use it, it will increase the interest in photography and help to produce movement in the picture.