Basic Composition technique for Photography and Cinematography

How to increase the visual interest in the frame?

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What is Composition?

Composing an image means arranging elements within it in a way that suits the core idea or goal of your work best. Arranging elements can be done by actually moving the objects or subjects. A good example for this case is portrait or still life photography. Street photography involves anticipation, since the photographer doesn’t usually have the choice of moving his subjects himself, but has to wait for them to take the most suitable position within the frame. Another way of arranging elements is by changing your own position. Such a way is appropriate in circumstances that do not allow the photographer to physically move anything, like landscape Photography.

Rule of Thirds

The basic principle behind the rule of thirds is to imagine breaking an image down into thirds (both horizontally and vertically) so that you have 9 parts. Then place your subject in the left or right vertical line and place the subject's eye in the intersection part. photo becomes more balanced and will enable a viewer of the image to interact with it more naturally. The rule of thirds automatically makes you to fix your background location in the horizontal line. 

                     

             

Head Room

                   

Nothing but the space between the subject's head and top of the frame. Head room is most important for a long shot and mid shot but you need not to follow the head room for close up and Extreme close up shots. But you have to careful about the death space

Lead Room

Lead room also known as Nose room, is nothing but the Space between the subject's face and the edge of the frame.

Final Note:

If you follow the above mentioned rules you will click well composed photographs.

- by Jagadish