{"id":143168,"date":"2019-05-13T14:34:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T21:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=143168"},"modified":"2019-05-13T17:46:50","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T00:46:50","slug":"photography-composition-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/13\/photography-composition-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Photography Composition Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

Simple tips to get you going!<\/p>\n

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1. Divide the frame<\/h2>\n

Bruce Gilden Haiti\u00e2\u20ac\u201d note how it looks like a Piet Mondrian painting, divided into different quadrants, and the interesting shadow over the man\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s eye, with the other eye in the light.<\/p>\n

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2. Subject looking up<\/h2>\n

To make your subject look more hopeful and optimistic, have them look up.<\/p>\n

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3. Arabesque composition<\/h2>\n

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Compose a scene with multiple subjects, and have them create a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153squiggly line\u00e2\u20ac\u009d composition (arabesque). Masterful composition by Henri Cartier-Bresson below:<\/p>\n

4.<\/strong> About to collide<\/h2>\n

Shoot photos at corners and intersections. Make a photograph that is dynamic — looks like the subjects are about to collide (Haiti by Bruce Gilden):<\/p>\n

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5.<\/strong> Simple hand gesture<\/h2>\n

Simple Sergio Larrain composition – just show a hand, simple shadow, and depth:<\/p>\n

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6.<\/strong> Horizontal composition<\/strong>, one eye, up close<\/h2>\n

Lovely composition by Cornell Capa–flowing hair, hand gesture, curved arm, and one eye peeking through.<\/p>\n

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7. Three subjects in a triangle <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Three subjects as an ideal balance of multiple subjects. Arrange them in a triangle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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