Composition
Your "subject"
One of the most important aspects of thinking about composition is that it helps us clarify what the subject of the photo is.
Begin to think about your viewer- what are they supposed to be looking at? If they can tell easily for themselves that is one reason they will prefer a particular shot.
Approach taking images by deciding what you want the focal point of the photo to be. This point can then be positioned in the frame in a particular place to help show it off best or tell the story of the subject. The arrangement of the subject in frame is called the composition and there are some expectations and suggestions you can learn to employ.
Begin to think about your viewer- what are they supposed to be looking at? If they can tell easily for themselves that is one reason they will prefer a particular shot.
Approach taking images by deciding what you want the focal point of the photo to be. This point can then be positioned in the frame in a particular place to help show it off best or tell the story of the subject. The arrangement of the subject in frame is called the composition and there are some expectations and suggestions you can learn to employ.
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Below are 2 examples of a bold, simple composition called filling the frame.
Your subject is really clear as it takes up most or all of the picture. Look for opportunities to use a single object or tight group as your subject for filling the frame. |
Often confusion comes from using a Landscape scene as your subject, it will of course fill the frame, but as it is made up of many smaller parts it wouldn't in my view be accurately labelled as filling the frame. The best landscape scenes rely on other compositional tricks to help guide the viewers eye over the whole subject and to a more specific, smaller focal point. |