Three tips for geometric composition

Lead: Daily life is full of various geometric patterns, from the patterns on cloth products to the design of buildings, which can often give people a special visual sense, and sometimes it can surprise people if a special shooting angle is added. Learning to pay attention to geometric design around you is not only the cultivation of photographic eyes, but also the improvement of aesthetic ability of visual design.

Where are the geometric patterns?

After seeing other photographers' geometric photography, I really want to shoot works with the same theme, but where are the geometric patterns? The answer is: "In your heart. (Editor's note: I was hit by eggs, tomatoes and shoes in an instant. Living in modern society, life is actually full of geometric design, I'm afraid you won't find it. Although some people are born with keen observation of graphics, in fact, after acquired practice, they can also cultivate certain sensitivity.

Don't look at your mobile phone on the way to work. Pay more attention to whether there are interesting geometric patterns around you. You can record them with your mobile phone, and then think about whether you can present different effects from other perspectives or even combined with light changes. Over time, perhaps even a casual glance outside the window can reveal a unique scenery.

Seats in stadiums or large theaters can often present special geometric effects.

Tips for geometric photography creation

There are two kinds of geometric figures in life, namely regular figures and irregular figures.

Regular geometric patterns: infinite extension

Regular geometric patterns often have obvious repetition in pattern modeling, color and lines, showing a certain pattern effect with regular changes. When shooting such geometric material in real scene, we can make the pattern full of pictures and create the feeling of infinite extension according to its characteristics like patterns. For example, if you shoot a balcony design of a building or apartment, you don't need to shoot the whole building, but you can shoot some geometric figures.

Irregular geometric patterns: grasping the geometric vision of the subject

Relatively speaking, irregular geometric patterns are sometimes more interesting than regular patterns. Strictly speaking, they are not regular patterns, but extend according to certain rules, which can often bring more novel sensory effects to people. When shooting such graphics, you may need to think more about composition and decide the geometric effects you want to show, including symmetry, parallelism, interleaving, radiation, rotation, long-distance extension and so on. Shoot unusual works from different angles.

Decoration in geometric patterns

Sometimes when shooting monotonous and repetitive geometric patterns, if you can add a little more different people or things, you can often make the finishing touch and make the picture more colorful. If necessary, you can also make the picture interesting by partially destroying the regularly repeated patterns. When inserting a special object, the position can be arranged by combining the golden composition method of photography.

Other tips

In any case, when shooting geometric patterns, remember what geometric effects you want to present and make a composition when shooting. For example, when you want to present a symmetrical effect, pay attention to the position of the central symmetry axis; When you want to shoot the effect of horizontal parallelism, pay attention to the horizontal alignment of the picture and don't tilt it. Geometric patterns are not only good materials for graphic design, but also many different ideas for photography, depending on whether you can use them freely!