Accurate composition and good shooting

Lead: From the perspective of photography, what criteria are used to judge the quality of a photographic work? From a professional point of view, we usually consider the following points: theme, creativity, composition, color, image quality and so on. But for the ordinary audience, they may not understand these theories. Photos that look comfortable are good works. Beginner photographers don't need to pursue the profound artistic conception of master's works in the primary stage. First of all, they should accurately grasp the composition of the photo, which is also the key to the success of the photo.

Why is composition so important?

Composition is actually a plastic art, which means that all parts are composed, combined, arranged and arranged to form a highly artistic picture. When you are familiar with your camera and lighting technology, when you aim the lens at people and typical events or magnificent scenery of mountains and rivers, you must consider how to form an ideal picture and create perfection to the greatest extent, which is applied to composition ability.

Every time you decide the fate of your work, you will deeply feel how important and critical composition is. Photography is inseparable from composition. Different compositions of the same scene will give people completely different feelings, such as the two completely different effects below.

The little girl on the left is in the middle of the picture. Most of the walls behind her occupy most of the picture, and the characters are not prominent enough. The little girl on the right is on the three-point line of the picture, and the main body is prominent.

Small ways to learn composition.

The basic composition method of photography is as follows, which will be kept in mind by film friends after learning. Every time you shoot, you should have auxiliary lines in your mind and complete the composition in your mind.

1. golden section &; Tick composition

The most common and commonly used composition method, the golden section refers to dividing the whole into two parts and dividing a line segment into two parts. Artists and architects widely use the ratio of 1: 1.6 18 in their works, which is considered to be the most aesthetic ratio, so it is called the golden section. The TIC-tac-toe composition is similar, and the ratio is 1: 1: 1. The picture is divided into three parts, focusing on intersections or lines.

2. Trigonometry

This is probably the most well-known composition rule among photographers. In a painting, the subject should be on a straight line that is equally divided. For example, the horizon should not be in the center of the picture, but should be in one third.

3. Diagonal composition

This is a very famous expression of composition, and the diagonal relationship makes the picture have a strong sense of extension, showing a deep effect. It is easy to produce the convergence trend of lines, attract people's attention, achieve the effect of highlighting the main body, and guide people's attention to shift to the depths of the picture.

4. Frame composition

Themes are recorded in a frame structure like a view frame. This shooting method not only adds interest to the form of the picture, but also makes the viewer feel immersive, creating a sense of space and a strong perspective effect. Frame composition is also a common composition method in many film and television works.

5. Symmetrical composition

It is often used to photograph the reflection of similar buildings or water, showing a balanced and stable picture. At the same time, it can highlight the clarity of the lake and the reflection cast by the sun, and increase the beauty and shock of the picture.

6. Prospect setting

The composition method of foreground foil is mainly to highlight the subject and find a foreground for the subject, which can not only enrich the picture, but also make readers have a deeper understanding of the scene environment.

Clever use of the camera's own grid lines

For beginners who just learn photography and composition, invisible auxiliary lines may be too abstract. Now share with you a good way to help newcomers compose music? Use the camera's own auxiliary line to make a clever composition. SLR cameras basically have settings to display grid lines. Today we take Canon EOS 70D as an example.

1. Press MENU to open the camera settings menu.

2. Select the fifth item of real-time display settings in the menu? Show grid lines.

3. Select off /3x3/6x4/3x3+ diagonal lines according to shooting needs, which are all auxiliary lines for composition.

4. Click the real-time display button to see the grid auxiliary line on the display screen to help the new photographer shoot.

It should be noted that the grid auxiliary line can only be used in real-time display mode, which is very intuitive, practical and effective for beginners to learn photographic composition.

Have you learned the basic skills of composition? Careful composition can emphasize and highlight the subject, abandon the messy or irrelevant scenery and objects, and choose the accompanying body and environment appropriately, so as to reshape the photographic works and make the picture effect better.