How to use leading lines to compose and take good photos in photography?

The most important decision a photographer makes is to define the rules of composition when creating an image. In this article, I will explain how various elements become guides and add visual interest to the shot.

Auxiliary lines usually extend from the lower left or lower right corner of the image or the bottom of the image. Good leading lines will create a sense of flow and balance, thereby attracting the audience's attention.

Both natural and man-made elements can be used as guide lines, and the paving stones in the photo create a very strong guide line, making it deeper. Note that adjacent shapes are placed vertically, which gives the image some "contrast".

Sometimes guide lines can be placed from the top corner as in the image above. The strong contrast between the umbrella's spokes and the light fabric helps create a very strong guide line despite its very narrow physical width.

Even in images that contain a lot of detail, it is still possible to create a guide line, such as this moss-covered branch running through the image from the upper right corner. Sometimes the main subject of the photo and the guide line are the same.

This pattern is found in nature where a series of lines come together and it is a completely different leading line that attracts the viewer's attention.

Manmade structures, streets and adjacent sidewalks often provide strong leading lines.

Guiding lines can be curved to create softer entry points into the image, and groups of three objects often draw our attention. Notice how the three red objects in the center of the composition above help draw the viewer’s attention.

Differences in texture or pattern will naturally draw our attention, and even if they don't come into the image from the corners like in the photo above, they can form guides. Placing bright red blocks will help highlight the decorative floor tiles. Visual advantage.

Certain guiding lines, paths in a diagram, may start at a wide angle and then narrow sharply, acting like a visual funnel to draw the viewer's attention. Also visible on the right is the pruned portion of the tree trunk that serves as an anchor point for the eye.

Buildings often allow us to compose images using auxiliary lines from the upper and lower corners.

Contrast draws our eye, and it can also create guiding lines, like the dark gray stone in the photo above.

We may find it possible to combine natural and man-made elements to create guidelines, see how the triangular shape of the parasol, the white beach stand and the natural curve of the beach line come together, Create a leading line that leads the viewer to the house on the other side of the shot.

Color, pattern, contrast can be combined into a single line, and the combination of distinct horizontal lines and vertical separation of color in the rest of the image creates some contrast and helps emphasize the short leading line in the lower left corner.

It is important to remember that there are a variety of composition techniques you can use when creating images, and not every photo will have or need guidance. But when we can use it, it adds interest to photography and helps create movement in the frame.