Are you a rule follower or a rule breaker? The insurgent in me normally likes to bend the foundations as a lot as doable, and the foundations of images and composition are not any exception. It’s true that they exist for a purpose, and sometimes by following them, a minimum of within the early phases of studying, we’ll get significantly better outcomes.
Nonetheless, following guidelines on a regular basis when creating artwork can shortly get boring. On this video panorama photographer, Brendan van Son reveals us some concepts for creating dynamic photographs with out utilizing main strains.
Main strains in a picture are sometimes an vital compositional gadget. It helps lead the attention in direction of a topic, it creates a way of depth within the picture, and creates a sense of perspective. These are all nice issues, however what do you do if such strains don’t exist within the panorama in entrance of you? Can you continue to make a compelling {photograph}?
Brendan explains how he normally seems for a background first when he’s searching out a picture. Then he picks out the mid-ground, and lastly the fore-ground.
Brendan additionally says that many photographers get so caught up to find main strains in a composition that they neglect about searching for and utilizing diagonals and triangles. His purpose then shouldn’t be essentially to attract the viewer’s consideration to 1 particular object. As a substitute, Brendan goals to maintain the viewer’s eye on the picture for so long as doable, and through the use of diagonals and triangles you may assist bounce their eye across the picture.
So subsequent time you’re out searching for an fascinating composition, don’t get too hung up on discovering main strains. Search for different compositional gadgets as properly reminiscent of diagonals and triangles.
