Composition in Photography

When pointing your camera to capture a moment in time, where you decide to place your subject is called _Subject _ _

But even before you push the shutter button to take that picture, you must have a clear answer to this question: what is my _Subject _ _

leading lines of the wall.

Often used to guide your viewer’s eyes to your subject, this device uses long diagonal lines, it is called _ leading _ lines

I took this photo while my partner was taking a photo of our friend.

Used like a picture frame, this device places your subject within a shape.It doesn’t have to be a regular shape like a rectangle, square or circle. As long as it completely frames your subject, it works to highlight your subject, that is why it is called _frame within a frame .

There was a pattern in the library .

Human eyes look for regular repeating shapes and forms because they are pleasing and harmonious. It isn’t surprising then another common compositional device used is the use of _ patterns.The idea is to find any sort of repeating pattern and then interrupt or break the pattern by placing your subject within that pattern instantly making it stand out.

took a high view point of my partner.

One of the easiest ways to create an interesting picture of a very common subject is to use a different and unusual _ viewpoints_ _. Humans being bipedal are accustomed to seeing their world from the same upright position. Probably the only times they explore their world from a different view is when they crawl or when they are up high and end up looking down

to see everything below them.