Using Compositions

In this blog post, I will be reviewing the different compositions!

 

                                                            

Framing:

    Framing refers to using elements of a scene to create a frame within your frame. The role of any rule of composition is to draw the eye into a photograph. In this shot, I placed the subject into a frame and took the shot from a mid distance.

                                                            

 

Rule of Thirds:

    The rule of thirds involves mentally dividing up your image using 2 horizontal lines and 2 vertical lines, as shown below. You then position the important elements in your scene along those lines, or at the points where they meet. This shot was done by placing the subject at one of the meeting points of the rule of thirds graph.

                                                           
                                                            

Depth of Field:

    Depth of field is the distance between the closest and farthest objects in a photo that appears acceptably sharp. I took this shot by using the rule of thirds with contrasting the subject close with another in the far of distance to provide the focus depth.

 

 

      

Focus Pull:  

    The focus pull, or rack focus, is a creative camera technique in which you change focus during a shot. Usually this means adjusting the focus from one subject to another. In these two photos I took, you can see the contrasting difference in the focus pull.

 

 

 

Shallow Focus:

    Shallow focus is a photographic and cinematographic technique incorporating a small depth of field. In shallow focus one plane of the image is in focus while the rest is out of focus. Shallow focus is typically used to emphasize one part of the image over another. In this photo, I put the subject set in the middle of the frame with the background slightly blurred to emphasize the subject.