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Photographic structural skills

1, triangular synthesis

The first is three-point composition, which is the most commonly used composition method for photographers. You can draw a TIC-tac-toe auxiliary line in the picture and divide the picture into three parts with two horizontal lines or two vertical lines. This is the simplest composition method. For example, dichotomy divides heaven, water and earth into three parts with two horizontal lines. This kind of composition can bring a concise and vivid picture, give the audience a clear feeling, and soon know what they want to express. However, you can also make the sky occupy two parts and the ground occupy one part. There are too many similar examples. Remember that "whoever has the advantage, who looks good" is more.

2. Symmetric synthesis

Symmetrical composition is often used in landscape, portrait, architectural photography and so on. This composition has the advantages of stability and symmetry, but the disadvantages are also obvious, mainly because it looks dull, the main body is placed in the middle, and there is also a lack of association and interest. Therefore, when shooting portraits, people with fat faces or bodies should avoid using this composition, and can use it more in shooting landscapes and buildings, including the reflection of water.

3. Frame composition

In fact, framing composition is the feeling of looking out of the window, which is the foreground. This composition can better highlight the main body and push the audience's line of sight far above the main body through the expression of depth. This kind of framing composition is conducive to combining the subject with the foreground and giving the photo a stronger visual impact. This kind of framing composition can also be combined with silhouette foreground, and the atmosphere rendering is also good.

4, guide wire composition

When shooting scenes with some lines, we can use framing composition, which is commonly used in landscape photography. It uses lines to guide the audience's line of sight from a wide range to a point, which is also the principle of perspective. So in future shooting, if your scene contains directional and continuous scenes, you can use this composition technique.