Teach you how to break through tic-tac-toe structure

Abandon the traditional TIC-tac-toe composition rule, let the blue sky and white clouds fill the picture more fully, and the ground occupies less space, giving people a sense of tranquility.

Digital photography has a breakthrough trend.

From the beginning of painting art, people's appreciation of the picture is inseparable from the basic composition rules, and many traditional photography teaching books will mention that the composition rules of photography mainly come from painting art, and whether photographers have received training in visual art or not, they will unconsciously follow these rules when composing.

In traditional photography, the composition of the image is inevitably limited by the size of the camera and photographic paper. With the emergence of digital photography, with the help of digital imaging software, photographers can cut images to varying degrees, thus presenting their own ideal pictures, which really helps photographers break through the traditional composition framework.

Clever use of foreground as a framework

Photographers can take a macro view when composing a composition and observe what scenery is in the foreground as a composition element. Frame or frame composition method is to frame the subject with the real scene as the frame, which can not only prevent the audience's eyes from slipping from the edge, but also give people visual interest. In the habit of framing and composition, the "frame" does not need to appear completely in the picture. For example, the foreground scenery on the left and right sides and above the picture can also be used as a frame. This example is to use the silhouette of a circular arch as the "frame" of the picture. ?

Break through the tic-tac-toe box

When it comes to the rules of photographic composition, the dichotomy is a cliche. Most digital cameras provide TIC-tac-toe composition grid, which is convenient for photographers to use Live View real-time display function to compose pictures. In addition, some digital SLR optical viewfinders also have TIC-tac-toe grids. When using TIC-tac-toe composition, the main body can be placed at the four intersections of the horizontal line of the grid. Although TIC-tac-toe composition method can get a good composition, it is not always effective. In addition, if the photographer can break through this frame, the work will be a surprise.

One way to break through TIC-tac-toe composition is to put the subject in the center of the picture. In recent years, many contemporary photographic works belong to the central composition. In addition, the photographer can also put the subject directly above, directly below or even at the edge corner of the picture, and take the scenery as the guiding line to guide the focus of the audience to the subject. ?

Symmetrical composition with the main body centered.

Take pictures of heaven and earth boldly.

If you use tic-tac-toe composition to shoot landscape themes, the photographer may find that the ratio of heaven and earth is always 1/3, 2/3 (and vice versa). In fact, photographers can try to divide the picture into "half the sky and half the earth" or form an extreme proportion between the sky and the earth. For example, when the sky is full of colorful clouds, it doesn't hurt to fill most of the space in the picture with a small piece of land as a foil. ?

Use different image scales

Most digital cameras can set the aspect ratio of the image instead of the size of the camera's photosensitive component. For example, some cameras with 4:3 photosensitive elements can crop the upper and lower parts of the image and output an image with a ratio of 3:2 or 16:9. In recent years, digital cameras have also provided photographers with an image ratio of 1: 1, which photographers can adjust according to their composition preferences.

When choosing different aspect ratios, the camera can adjust the display range of the LCD screen according to the settings, which is convenient for photographers to take pictures and compose pictures. If the photographer's camera doesn't support this function, the photographer can also cover the LCD screen of the camera to the desired proportion, and then use the real-time display function to make composition shooting.

Using the software, the images can be cropped to different degrees to create different atmosphere, and photographers can make bold attempts. However, large-scale cropping will make the image lose a lot of pixels. Is it trimmed beforehand or afterwards? Photographers must choose between them. ?

Original drawing (3:2 scale)?

16:9 ratio?

1: 1 ratio

Panoramic image

When shooting with a wide-angle lens, the photographer may include unnecessary foreground or sky parts in the picture, causing the audience to lose focus. Therefore, in addition to the general 3:2 or 4:3 ratio, the photographer can take a long panoramic image to make the subject more concentrated.

There are many ways to shoot panoramic images, and the most direct way is to use the panoramic shooting mode of the camera. For example, Sony digital camera and digital SLR can also directly shoot and output panoramic images. Photographers can also take multiple photos first and then merge them with software. The merging function of current digital imaging software is very advanced. Even if the photographer takes pictures by hand, the merging effect is quite good. But the photographer must pay attention to the deformation of the lens edge and get the correct picture level. In addition, the photographer can also cut off the upper and lower parts of the image to form a wide image, but cutting the image too large will make the image lose many pixels. Generally, the aspect ratio of panoramic images is 16:9 or 2.3 1: 1, but photographers don't have to follow it deliberately when making panoramic images, as long as they get the ideal effect in their minds. ?