What are the basic methods and rules of photographic composition?

Composition has four basic elements, namely subject, companion, foreground and background.

1, subject.

The subject is the subject that the photographer wants to express. Whether a photo is good or not depends on whether the subject of the photo is clear. It is best for the audience to find the subject at a glance.

2. escort agency.

The foil is used to set off the main body in the photo, and also to balance the picture. If the subject is safflower, then the green leaves are companions, and only the subject in the picture will appear empty and out of balance. Of course, to show a beautiful person and arrange an ugly person beside him can highlight his beauty.

3. Prospects.

The foreground of photography has three main functions: increasing the layering of the picture, guiding the audience's line of sight and comparing the subject.

When taking landscape photos, adding the ground foreground or forming a frame foreground with nearby branches can obviously increase the layering of the picture and lengthen the depth of the picture.

4. Background.

The background can explain the characteristics of the environment and plays an important role in setting off the main body of the picture when shooting humanistic photography. When taking tourist photos, it is generally necessary to make the scenery appear in the picture and explain the shooting location and environmental characteristics. Generally, the characters in a photo are the subject and the scenery is the background.

Key points of composition:

The position of the subject in the picture is very important, and it is necessary to highlight the subject as much as possible.

The most common way is to use shallow depth of field to blur the background, simplify the picture effect and highlight the subject. The specific operation can choose to open the aperture and shoot near the aperture, which can achieve a good blur effect. If conditions permit, it is also possible to use telephoto lenses.

You can also achieve the purpose of highlighting the main body through comparison. Such as color contrast, a little red in evergreen shrubs, set off by green leaves, highlights flowers; Such as contrast between light and shade, people in the spotlight on the stage; Relative to the size, the height of the employer indicates the height of the building.