Enhance visual appeal through composition

Composition is a basic means of arranging key elements or subjects in a photograph. A mature photographer, canvas prints can use composition to enhance the visual appeal of a work and successfully attract the attention of the viewer. In mobile photography, some basic composition techniques are often overlooked for their convenience. In this post, you'll find 9 mobile photography composition tutorials that you probably know about, but don't really care about.

First of all, in photography you should always think about these questions: how to attract attention with the theme? How to catch the audience's attention in the first place? How can you reduce the distracting elements of your image?

1. Identify focus and theme

At its most basic, cheap canvas prints online a work must contain a theme or an interesting focus. With the main body, this work will be meaningful, to attract the attention of the viewer for a long time, or it is an ordinary picture, cannot become a photographic work. When taking a photo, always keep in mind "what is the theme of the painting" or "what the interesting point of the scene is". As long as you determine the theme of your work, you can compose your work around this focus. Cell phone photography is not just a matter of pressing the shutter, as long as the reasonable arrangement of the picture elements can also get a good work.

2. The rule of thirds

Three points method is the most common method of composition, refers to the transverse images into three, large canvas every center can be placed body form, and open the camera grid lines, two horizontal lines and vertical lines intersecting the four points of these areas are most likely to be attracted and subjects on the intersection point, the whole picture will be more balanced and more beautiful, photo also can appear compact and powerful, the three points is the most basic composition principles.

3. Diagonal balance

Using the rule of thirds can also lead to too many blank areas in the picture, causing the center of gravity to be unbalanced. To avoid this balance, an element can be added to balance the center of gravity of the image while filling in the blank areas. In this case, the diagonal principle can help balance multiple themes in the work. The focus principle is to place the most important part of the image along the diagonal.

Shoot from a low Angle

Instead of shooting from a head-up Angle, you'll find that shooting from a low Angle opens the door to a new world of photography, a technique that can help simplify composition and provide a unique perspective that most people wouldn't normally see.5. Add perspective

The foreground adds depth to the image and helps guide the photo from front to back, adding layers to the overall image.

6. Use a guide wire

Adding lines to your work is a great way to guide your eyes. We have used an article to explain the method of guiding line composition, learn to use guiding line; your mobile phone work can also be great.

7. Fill the frame with the main body

If the subject doesn't have enough clarity and appeal in the environment, the easiest way to compose is to fill the whole picture with the subject element, eliminate the complicated background, ensure the subject gets enough attention, and allow the subject element to have more details. This method of composition is often used when shooting unique and abstract images and can create a sense of mystery.

8. Leave room for movement when photographing moving subjects

If you're photographing a moving object, such as a person walking or riding a bicycle, the viewer's eye will follow the movement of the moving object. So the best way to do this is to leave plenty of space in the frame. If there is not enough space, the picture will often cause imbalance and uneasy feeling.

9. Break the rules

Photography is an art. There are no how-to's and how-to's. The above tips and tutorials are just a guide in a direction that can be used in most photography. If these compositions don't work for your scene, ignore them and experiment! For example, the rule of thirds does not apply to square composition. If the subject is placed in the center or edge, the image may look very different. Of course, to break these rules, you need to be familiar with them first. Therefore, study these practical composition techniques and use them in actual shooting until you are proficient and flexible, canvas collage maker then you can start to break the rules, and you may be surprised!