Up: [[Photography]] Created: 2023-04-15 Always ask yourself – What’s the story here? That question helps you to recognize what drew your eye, and what emotion it evoked. ### Rule of Thirds Imagine the image divided into 9 equal segments. The rule says the eye is naturally drawn to the points of intersection, so most important elements should be along the lines or at the points of intersection. Since our eyes tend to look left to right, it can help to put subject on the right hand line so the viewer’s gaze moves through the image, seeing different elements of the story, before coming to the main subject ### Leading Lines Lines in the scene – walls, fences, roads – draw our eye, pull us into the image, direct our gaze to the subject. ### Fill the Frame Close-up or portrait mode. Feels intense and intimate. Also lets you show specific visual details ### Negative Space Emphasizes the subject All the empty space can be visually soothing and balanced. Can be used to give a sense of scale and to pull the viewer deep into the image ### Framing Look for natural frames – window, branch of a tree, archway. If you put the frame around the edges of the photo, the viewer’s eye is naturally drawn to the focus of your story. But take a second look, consider changing the frame a little. Look beyond what initially grabbed you. See if the most interesting story is at an edge, not in the centre. ### Beyond the Frame Person who is gazing at something beyond the edge of the image A road that winds out of shot An object only partially captured in the frame All of these let you hint at a story wider than the confines of the photo and encourages the viewer to use their imagination.