Explain 10 advanced composition techniques

Introduction: This article brings you another 10 advanced composition skills. Keep practicing these simple and easy-to-learn techniques and they will become part of your photography learning, guiding you to keep taking better photos. Hurry up and pick up the camera in your hand and start moving!

Balance and symmetry

Symmetry can produce a simple, frontal, and balanced composition. Try to balance your composition to establish symmetry of line, shape, subject, and color. A balanced and symmetrical picture always pleases the eye of the viewer.

Repeat, repeat, repeat

Objects that appear repeatedly are good subjects. Whenever you see a series of similar things repeated over and over again, you should notice that this is a great composition. Repeating a composition never creates a bad impression.

Keep the graphics simple

Simplicity is king for a reason. Get rid of decorations, get rid of distractions, get rid of clutter. The more you remove from the picture, the clearer the story and subject you want to present to the audience.

Magnify the subject

This is something you should remember when doing any type of photography. Emphasize your main subject by making it larger, taller, or more distinct than other objects in the frame.

Add depth

Foreground objects can add depth to a photo and can effectively separate the object from the background. Capturing some objects in the front 1/3 of the focus (deep foreground) can highlight the subject.

Add natural elements

When you are in the fields, city, or countryside, find new ways to add natural elements to your images. Look around and look for things like water, land, or vegetables, and add them to the picture. This technique can make the picture more favorable. I added a still river to this photo and captured the reflection of the tulips, which added a lot of interest to the photo.

Portrait or landscape?

When taking every photo, consider whether to use a horizontal or vertical composition. When you want to represent a tall object, use a vertical shot to emphasize the height. Use a horizontal shot when you want to emphasize width. If you can't make up your mind, take pictures of them all. You can make the choice later. In the picture above, the horizontal shot has a more reasonable composition, but the vertical shot will ruin the photo.

What is your story?

For every shoot, the most important thing is to know the story you want to express. Ask yourself what you want to tell your audience through this photo. Are you sharing a feeling? A moment? Or a theme. If you don’t know what you want to say when you shoot, your audience won’t know either. Think a little longer until you know this before pressing the shutter button.

You are not done shooting until you do it again.

When you think you have finished taking a photo, look back and think again. Try it and see what happens if you change the angle, lens, or distance. You'll often be surprised to find new discoveries.

Cropping is a good thing

Cropping is a photographer’s best friend. Today's popular digital photography and powerful image editing tools give you the possibility to use cropping to correct errors in your photos or recompose them at home. When editing photos, make sure you have a crop tool in your toolbox.