Composition

Five Compositional Elements

 As we live in a world that revolves around the media, it seems as though anyone could be a professional photographer. With apps like Instagram and VSCO that have filters and several image adjustment tools, all it takes is one click to make your picture go from average to professional. However, there is much more behind photography than most would think. I decided to create a study area as my setting and apply five compositional elements that display the thought process that goes into creating a picture.

Rule of Thirds






I believe the Rule of Thirds is one of my favorite compositional elements that a picture could have. When taking this picture I wanted to make the Starbucks cup look more interesting and add emphasis so I decided to align it to the right of the picture rather than having it right in the center. The article "14 Composition Techniques that Will Instantly Improve Your Photos" gave great tips as to how to prepare to take the picture and what to look out for specifically. Turning the grid option on on my iPhone helped very well when it came to taking the picture and lining things up correctly. 

Leading Lines

                                                   

I love the way leading lines elongates an image and makes your eyes automatically go right to where the lines are leading. In my image, I decided using that using the keyboard would be a great way to show leading lines if I captured the image from the side at an angle. Although I didn't necessarily have a main focus that I wanted the viewers to draw their attention to, I wanted the image to capture the lines on the keyboard to show the effect this compositional element has on something so simple. 

Viewpoint

                                             

I decided to capture this image at an angle from high above like it mentions in the "10 Top Photography Composition Rules". It is such a simple picture, but capturing it from high above rather than eye level created a nice effect and even resembles a fish eye lens in a way.

Layering

                                                    

Layering is a compositional element that isn't as common as most in my opinion so I wanted to incorporate that into my Photostory. I decided to use several studying materials and stack them on top of each other at different angles to create a sense of depth and to lead the eye into the shot as it mentions in "14  Composition Techniques that Will Instantly Improve Your Photos".

Symmetry

                                           


In this image, I used both symmetry and balance to achieve this composition. I decided to place the laptop between both of the notebooks so there was an even balance on both sides. I also decided to take the image at an angle to give the image nice dimension and depth.

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