Rules of Composition

3:11 PM



  1. Impact
  • Need to catch people's attention
  • People lose interest in 1/10th of a second  


2. Cropping
  • by cropping out unwanted stuff



3. Biggest Boldest, Brightest & most favorably placed object in an image 
  • you want your eye to land on this thing


4. K I S S
  • Keep It Simple Stupid


5. Rule of thirds
  • be able to break it up to thirds both horizontally and vertically 
  • subject matter occupies 2/3 of the photo and 1/3 has background


6. Leading Lines
  • Both literal and implied

7. Balance
  • size, shape, color, geometric


8. Use of framing
  • could be a wall or a person or anything that helps you focus on the subject on the photo

9. Avoid Mergers
  • dont have things growing out of people's heads
  • no background noise




10. Room for logical movement
  • allow room for your subject to move within the frame

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